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- Index of Statutes
- SECTION 1 - School District Organization
- SECTION 2 - School Board
- Governance
- Board Member
- 2:30 School District Elections
- 2:40 Board Member Qualifications
- 2:50 Board Member Term of Office
- 2:60 Board Member Removal from Office
- 2:70 Vacancies on the School Board - Filling Vacancies
- 2:80 - Board Member Oath and Conduct
- 2:90 OPEN
- 2:100 Board Member Conflict of Interest
- 2:105 Ethics and Gift Ban
- 2:110 Qualifications, Term, and Duties of Board Officers
- 2:120 Board Member Development
- 2:125 Board Member Expenses
- Board Relationships
- 2:130 Board-Superintendent Relationship
- 2:140 Communications To and From the Board
- 2:150 Committees
- 2:160 Board Attorney
- 2:170 Procurement of Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying Services
- 2:180 OPEN
- Board Meetings
- 2:190 Mailing Lists for Receiving Board Material
- 2:200 Types of School Board Meetings
- 2:210 Organizational School Board Meeting
- 2:220 School Board Meeting Procedure
- 2:220 School Board Meeting Procedure
- 2:220-E1 Exhibit - Board Treatment of Closed Meeting Verbatim Records and Minutes
- 2:220-E2 Exhibit - Motion to Adjourn to Closed Meeting
- 2:220-E3 Exhibit - Closed Meeting Minutes
- 2:220-E4 Exhibit - Open Meeting Minutes
- 2:220-E5 Exhibit - Semi-Annual Review of Closed Meeting Minutes
- 2:220-E6 Exhibit - Log of Closed Meeting Minutes
- 2:230 Public Participation at School Board Meetings and Petitions to the Board
- Board Policy
- Board Records
- 2:250 Access to District Public Records
- 2:250 Access to District Public Records
- 2:250-AP1 Administrative Procedure - Access To and Copying of District Public Records
- 2:250-AP2 Administrative Procedure - Protocols for Record Preservation and Development
of Retention Schedules - 2:250-E1 Exhibit - Written Request for District Records
- 2:250-E2 Exhibit - Response to Request for District Record Inspection
- 2:250-E3 Exhibit - Inspection Report for District Records
- 2:250 Access to District Public Records
- Uniform Grievance Procedure
- 2:260 Uniform Grievance Procedure
- SECTION 3 - General School Administration
- 3:10 Goals and Objectives
- 3:20 OPEN
- 3:30 Chain of Command
- 3:40 Superintendent
- 3:50 Administrative Personnel Other Than the Superintendent
- 3:60 Administrative Responsibility of the Building Principal
- 3:70 Succession of Authority
- SECTION 4 - Operational Services
- 4:10 Fiscal and Business Management
- 4:20 Fund Balances
- 4:30 Revenue and Investments
- 4:40 Incurring Debt
- 4:45 - Insufficient Fund Checks
- 4:50 Payment Procedures
- 4:55 Use of Credit and Procurement Cards
- 4:60 Purchases and Contracts
- 4:70 - Resource Conservation
- 4:80 Accounting and Audits
- 4:80-AP Administrative Procedure – Checklist for Internal Controls
- 4:90 Activity Funds
- 4:100 Insurance Management
- 4:110 Transportation
- 4:120 Food Service
- 4:140 Waiver of Student Fees
- 4:150 Facility Management and Building Programs
- 4:160 - Hazardous and Infectious Materials
- 4:170 Safety
- 4:170 Safety
- 4:170-AP1 Administrative Procedure - Comprehensive Safety and Crisis Program
- 4:170-AP2 Administrative Procedure - Criminal Offender Notification Laws
- 4:170-AP3 Administrative Procedure - School Bus Safety Rules
- 4:170-AP4 Administrative Procedure - Emergency Preparedness Response to Homeland Security Codes
- 4:170-AP5 Administrative Procedure - Unsafe School Choice Option
- 4:170-AP6 Administrative Procedure - Plan for Responding to a Medical Emergency at a
Physical Fitness Facility - 4:170-AP6.5 Administrative Procedure - School Closings
- 4:170-AP7 Administrative Procedure - Targeted School Violence Prevention Program
- 4:170-E1 Exhibit - Accident Form
- 4:170-E2 Exhibit - Memo to Staff Members Regarding Contacts by Media About a Crisis
- 4:170-E3 Exhibit - Emergency Medical Information for Students Having Special Needs or Medical
Conditions Who Ride School Buses - 4:170-E4 Exhibit - Letter to Parents Regarding Student Safety
- 4:170-E5 Exhibit - Annual School Safety Review
- 4:170-E6 Exhibit - Informing Parents About Offender Community Notification Laws
- 4:180 Pandemic Preparedness
- SECTION 5 - Personnel
- General Personnel
- 5:10 Equal Employment Opportunity and Minority Recruitment
- 5:20 Sexual Harassment
- 5:30 Hiring Process and Criteria
- 5:35 Compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act
- 5:35 Compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act
- 5:35-AP1 Administrative Procedure - Fair Labor Standards Act Exemptions
- 5:35-AP2 Administrative Procedure - Employee Records Required by the Fair Labor Standards Act
- 5:35-AP3 Administrative Procedure - Compensable Work Time for Non-Exempt Employees Under
the FLSA - 5:35-AP4 Administrative Procedure - Fair Labor Standards Act 12-Step Compliance Checklist
- 5:35-E Exhibit - Volunteer Agreement Executed by a Non-Exempt Employee
- 5:40 Communicable and Chronic Infectious Disease
- 5:50 Drug- and Alcohol-Free Workplace
- 5:60 Expenses
- 5:70 Religious Holidays
- 5:80 Court Duty
- 5:90 Abused and Neglected Child Reporting
- Staff Development Program
- 5:110 Recognition for Service
- 5:120 Ethics
- 5:130 Responsibilities Concerning Internal Information
- 5:140 Solicitations By or From Staff
- 5:150 Personnel Records
- 5:160 OPEN
- 5:170 Copyright
- 5:180 Temporary Illness or Temporary Incapacity
- 5:185 - Family and Medical Leave
- Professional Personnel
- 5:190 Teacher Qualifications
- 5:190 Teacher Qualifications
- 5:190-AP Administrative Procedure - Plan to Ensure That All Teachers Who Teach Core Academic
Subjects Are Highly Qualified - 5:190-E1 Exhibit - Notice to Parents of Their Right to Request Their Child’s Classroom Teachers’
Qualifications - 5:190-E2 Exhibit - Notice to Parents When Their Child Is Assigned To or Has Been Taught for
at Least Four Straight Weeks By a Teacher Who is Not Highly Qualified - 5:190-E3 Exhibit - Letter to Teacher Who is Not Highly Qualified
- 5:200 Terms and Conditions of Employment and Dismissal
- 5:210 Resignations
- 5:220 Substitute Teachers
- 5:230 Maintaining Student Discipline
- 5:240 Suspensions
- 5:250 Leaves of Absence
- 5:260 Student Teachers
- 5:190 Teacher Qualifications
- Educational Support Personnel
- 5:270 Employment At-Will, Compensation, and Assignment
- 5:270-E Exhibit - Notice of Employment
- 5:280 Duties and Qualifications
- 5:285 Drug and Alcohol Testing for School Bus and Commercial Vehicle Drivers
- 5:290 Employment Termination and Suspensions
- 5:300 Schedules and Employment Year
- 5:310 Compensatory Time-Off
- 5:320 Evaluation
- 5:330 Sick Days, Vacation, Holidays, and Leaves
- General Personnel
- SECTION 6 - Instruction
- Philosophy and Goals
- 6:10 Educational Philosophy and Objectives
- 6:15 School Accountability
- 6:15 School Accountability
- 6:15-AP1 Administrative Procedure - Consequences for a SCHOOL Missing Adequate Yearly Progress
- 6:15-AP2 Administrative Procedure - Consequences for a DISTRICT Missing Adequate Yearly Progress
- 6:15-AP3 Administrative Procedure - School Choice for Students Enrolled in a School Identified
for Improvement, Corrective Action, or Restructuring - 6:15-AP4 Administrative Procedure - Compliance Steps for Providing Supplemental Educational
Services - 6:15-E1 Exhibit - Resolution Declining Requests to Accept Non-Resident Choice Students
- 6:15-E2 Exhibit - Notice to Parents of Children Enrolled in a School that Missed AYP for Two or
More Consecutive Years - 6:15-E3 Exhibit - Application for School Choice Transfer Option
- 6:15-E4 Exhibit - Application for Supplemental Educational Services
- Educational Calendar and Organization
- Curriculum
- 6:40 Curriculum Development
- 6:50 School Wellness
- 6:60 Curriculum Content
- 6:65 Student Social and Emotional Development
- 6:70 Teaching About Religions
- 6:80 Teaching About Controversial Issues
- 6:90 OPEN
- 6:100 Using Animals in the Educational Program
- Special Programs
- 6:110 Programs for Students At Risk of Academic Failure and/or Dropping Out of School and Graduation
Incentives Program - 6:120 Education of Children with Disabilities
- 6:130 Program for the Gifted
- 6:140 Education of Homeless Children
- 6:145 Migrant Students
- 6:150 Home and Hospital Instruction
- 6:160 English Language Learners
- 6:170 Title I Programs
- 6:170 Title I Programs
- 6:170-AP1 Administrative Procedure - Checklist for Development, Implementation, and Maintenance
of Parental Involvement Compacts for Title I Programs - 6:170-AP2 Administrative Procedure - Notice to Parents Required by No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
- 6:170-AP3 Administrative Procedure - No Child Left Behind Checklist
- 6:170-E1 Exhibit - District Level Parental Involvement Compact
- 6:170-E2 Exhibit - School Level Parental Involvement Compact
- 6:180 Extended Instructional Programs
- 6:190 Extracurricular and Co-Curricular Activities
- 6:110 Programs for Students At Risk of Academic Failure and/or Dropping Out of School and Graduation
- Instructional Resources
- 6:200 OPEN
- 6:210 Instructional Materials
- 6:220 OPEN
- 6:230 Library Media Program
- 6:235 Access to Electronic Networks
- 6:235 Access to Electronic Networks
- 6:235-AP1 Administrative Procedure - Acceptable Use of Electronic Networks
- 6:235-AP2 Administrative Procedure - Web Publishing Guidelines
- 6:235-E1 Exhibit - Letter to Parents/Guardians Regarding Student Use of the District’s Electronic
Networks - 6:235-E2 Exhibit - Authorization for Electronic Network Access
- 6:235-E3 Exhibit - Online Privacy Statement
- 6:235-E4 Exhibit - Keeping Yourself and Your Kids Safe On Social Networks
- 6:240 Field Trip Guidelines
- 6:250 Community Resource Persons and Volunteers
- 6:255 Assemblies and Ceremonies
- 6:260 Complaints About Curriculum, Instructional Materials, and Programs
- Guidance and Counseling
- Achievement
- 6:280 Grading and Promotion
- 6:290 Homework
- 6:300 Graduation Requirements
- 6:310 Credit for Alternative Courses and Programs, and Course Substitutions
- 6:320 High School Credit for Proficiency
- 6:330 Achievement and Awards
- 6:340 Student Testing and Assessment Program
- Philosophy and Goals
- SECTION 7 - Students
- Equity
- 7:10 Equal Educational Opportunities
- 7:15 Student and Family Privacy Rights
- 7:20 Harassment of Students Prohibited
- Assignment and Admission
- 7:30 Student Assignment and Intra-District Transfer
- 7:40 Nonpublic School Students, Including Parochial and Home-Schooled Students
- 7:50 School Admissions and Student Transfers To and From Non-District Schools
- 7:60 Residence
- 7:60 Residence
- 7:60-AP1 Administrative Procedure - Challenging a Student’s Residence Status
- 7:60-AP2 Administrative Procedure - Establishing Student Residency
- 7:60-E1 Exhibit - Letter of Residence from Landlord in Lieu of Lease
- 7:60-E2 Exhibit - Letters of Residence to be Used When the Person Seeking to Enroll a Student
Is Living with a District Resident - 7:60-E3 Exhibit - Evidence of Non-Parent’s Custody, Control, and Responsibility of a Student
- Attendance
- Rights and Responsibilities
- 7:130 Student Rights and Responsibilities
- 7:140 Search and Seizure
- 7:150 Agency and Police Interviews
- 7:160 Student Appearance
- 7:165 School Uniforms
- 7:170 Vandalism
- 7:180 Preventing Bullying, Intimidation, and Harassment
- 7:185 Closed Campus
- 7:190 Student Discipline
- 7:190 Student Discipline
- 7:190-AP1 Student Handbook - Hazing Prohibited
- 7:190-AP2 Student Handbook - Gang Activity Prohibited
- 7:190-AP3 Administrative Procedure - Guidelines for Reciprocal Reporting of Criminal Offenses
Committed by Students - 7:190-AP4 Administrative Procedure - Use of Isolated Time Out and Physical Restraint
- 7:190-AP5 Student Handbook - Electronic Devices
- 7:190-E Exhibit - Aggressive Behavior Reporting Letter and Form
- 7:200 Suspension Procedures
- 7:210 Expulsion Procedures
- 7:220 Bus Conduct
- 7:230 Misconduct by Students with Disabilities
- 7:240 Conduct Code for Participants in Extracurricular Activities
- 7:240-E Exhibit - Consent to Participate in Extracurricular Drug and Alcohol Testing Program
- Welfare Services
- 7:250 Student Support Services
- 7:260 Exemption from Physical Activity
- 7:270 Administering Medicines to Students
- 7:275 Orders to Forgo Life-Sustaining Treatment
- 7:280 Communicable and Chronic Infectious Disease
- 7:280 Communicable and Chronic Infectious Disease
- 7:280-AP Administrative Procedure - Managing Students with Communicable and Infectious Diseases
- 7:280-E1 Exhibit - Placement of Students with AIDS
- 7:280-E2 Exhibit - Reporting and Exclusion Requirements for Common Communicable Diseases
- 7:280-E3 Exhibit - Preventing Staphylococcal Infections for Schools
- 7:290 Adolescent Suicide and Crisis Intervention
- Activities
- 7:300 Extracurricular Athletics
- 7:310 Restrictions on Publications and Written or Electronic Material
- 7:315 - Concussion and Head Injury Return to Play Policy
- 7:317 - Soccer Goal Safety and Education Policy
- 7:320 OPEN
- 7:325 Student Fund-Raising Activities
- 7:330 Student Use of Buildings - Equal Access
- Records
- 7:340 Student Records
- 7:340 Student Records
- 7:340-AP Administrative Procedure - Student Records
- 7:340-E1 Exhibit - Notice to Parents/Guardians and Students of Rights Concerning a Student’s
School Records - 7:340-E2 Exhibit - Using a Photograph or Video Recording of a Student
- 7:340-E3 Exhibit - Letter to Parents Concerning Military Recruiters and Postsecondary Institutions
Receiving Student Directory Information - 7:340-E4 Exhibit - Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Military Recruiter Access to Students
and Student Information - 7:340-E5 Exhibit - Biometric Information Collection Authorization
- 7:340 Student Records
- Equity
- SECTION 8 - Community Relations
- 8:10 Connection with the Community
- 8:20 Community Use of School Facilities
- 8:25 Advertising and Distributing of Materials in School Provided by Non-School Related Entities
- 8:30 Visitors to and Conduct on School Property
- 8.40 - Spectator Conduct at School Events
- 8:50 OPEN
- 8:60 OPEN
- 8:70 Accommodating Individuals with Disabilities
- 8:80 Gifts to the District
- 8:90 Parent Organizations and Booster Clubs
- 8:95 Parental Involvement
- 8:100 Relations with Other Organizations and Agencies
- 8:110 Public Suggestions and Complaints







