0_Index to District Policies

 INDEX TO DISTRICT POLICIES

July 2024

A

               Absences and Excuses (See “Student Attendance”; “Make-up Work”)

               Abuse Reporting, Child (See “Reporting Child Abuse/Neglect”)

5240       Acceleration and Grade Skipping (See also “Age Requirement: Kindergarten)

8100       Accessible Information and Communication Technology

               Accountability (See “Shared Decision Making”; “Parent/Community Engagement in Education”)

5420       Administering Medications to Students (See also “Administration of Medical Marijuana to Qualified                               Students”)

5425       Administration of Medical Marijuana to Qualified Students (See also “Administering Medications to                               Students”)

               Administrative Personnel (See “Selection and Appointment of Administrators”; “Administrative Transfers”)

2110       Administrative Transfers

               Admission of International Exchange Students (See “International Exchange Students”)

               Admission of Nonresident Students (See “Student Residency”)

               Admission, Denial of (See “Denial of Admission”)

               Advanced Classes (See “Post-Secondary Planning and Enrollment Options”)

               Advanced College Placement (See “Post-Secondary Planning and Enrollment Options”)

               After School Programs (See “Before and After School Enrichment (BASE) Programs”)

5230       Age Requirement: Kindergarten (See also “Acceleration and Grade Skipping”)

               Alcohol or Illegal Drugs, Employee Use of (See “Employee Use of Drugs, Alcohol or Controlled                                    Substances”)

               Allergies (See “Students with Food Allergies”)

               Animals (See “Service Animals on District Property”; “Therapy Dogs on District Property”)

               Annuities (See “Tax Sheltered Annuities and Other Deferred Compensation Arrangements”)

               Assemblies (See “Religious Content and Materials”)

               Assessments (See “Student Assessment”)

5530       At Risk Students

4120       Athletic Coaches

6250       Athletics

               Attendance Areas (See “School Attendance Areas”)

               Audio Recording/Monitoring (See “Video and Audio Monitoring”)

               Auditorium Use by Public (See “Community Use of District-owned Facilities”)

3730       Authorized Personnel in School Kitchens

               Authorization of Purchases (See “Procurement and Signature Authority”)

B

5800       BASE

               Beepers (See “Student Use of Cell Phones and Other Personal Electronic Devices”)

5800       Before and After School Enrichment (BASE) Programs

3330       Bid Protest Policy

               Birth Control, Student (See “Student Pregnancy/Birth Control Issues and Sexual Activity”)

               Bomb Threats (See “Emergency Response Plan”; “Student Due Process”)   

               Book Complaints (See “Teaching About Controversial Issues and the Use of Controversial Materials”;                           “Challenges to Curriculum, Instructional Materials and Activities”)

1400       Booster Organizations/Parent Groups

               Boundary Change (See “School Attendance Areas”)

               Building Use (See “Community Use of District-Owned Facilities”)

3810       Building Access

               Bullying (See “Student Bullying, Harassment, Hazing, Intimidation and Threatening Behavior”)

               Buses, School (See “Student Transportation”)

3350       Business Sponsorships, Advertising Agreements and Exclusivity Contracts

C

               Cafeterias (See “Nutrition Services Operations”)

               Calendar (See “Perpetual School Calendar”)

               Cellular Phones (See “Student Use of Cell Phones and Other Personal Electronic Devices” and                                    “Employee Cell Phone and Other Personal Electronic Communication Devices”)

               Censorship (See “Teaching About Controversial Issues and the Use of Controversial Materials”;                                    “Challenges to Curriculum, Instructional Materials and Activities”)

               Ceremonies (See “Religious Content and Materials”; “Memorials, Vigils and Remembrances”)

1500       Challenges to Curriculum, Instructional Materials and Activities

1600       Charter Schools

               Child Abuse Reporting (See “Reporting Child Abuse/Neglect”)

5260       Choice of Schools and School Transfers

               Citizens’ Committees (See “Parent/Community Engagement in Education”)

8900       Classified Employee’s Rights and Responsibilities

4115       Classroom Removal of Disruptive Students by a Teacher

               Classroom Space (See “Use of Classroom Space”)

               Clothing, Prohibited (See “Staff Dress, Accessories and Grooming”; “Student Dress Code”)

               Clubs (See “Co-Curricular Student Organizations”)

               Coaches (See “Athletic Coaches”)

5620       Co-Curricular Student Organizations

               College Classes (See “Post-Secondary Planning and Enrollment Options”)

4310       Communicable Diseases - Staff

5440       Communicable Diseases – Students

               Community Engagement in Shared Decision Making (See “Parent/Community Engagement in                                     Education”; “Shared Decision Making”)

1300       Community Use of District-Owned Facilities

               Compensation (See “Guidelines for Compensating Certified Staff – Opening New Schools/Renovating of                     Existing Schools”)

               Complaint (See “Public Complaint”)

               Computer Use (See “Employee Use of Computers, the Internet and Electronic Communications”;                                  “Student Use of District Technology and the Internet”)

               Conduct Code (See “Student Code of Conduct”; “Staff Conduct”)

               Conferences (See “Employee Professional Learning and Development Travel Expenses and                                         Reimbursement”)

               Conflict of Interest, Staff (See “Staff Ethics/Conflicts of Interest/Nepotism”)

               Consulting Activities, Staff (See “Staff Ethics/Conflicts of Interest/Nepotism”)

               Contracts (See “Procurement Policies”; “Procurement and Signature Authority”; “Procurement                                       Competition Requirements”)

4230       Controlled Substance and Alcohol Testing for Employees with Driving Responsibilities

               Controversial Issues (See “Teaching About Controversial Issues and the Use of Controversial Materials”;                      “Challenges to Curriculum, Instruction Materials and Activities”)

6600       Copyright

5140       Corporal Punishment

               Corporate Sponsorships (See “Business Sponsorships, Advertising Agreements and Exclusivity                                   Contracts”)

6200       Course/Program Development

5275       Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education (CLDE)

D

               Day Care (See “Before and After School Enrichment (BASE) Programs”)

               Debarment (See “Suspension and Debarment”)

               Delay of School (See “Emergency School Closure and One-Hour Delays”)

5220       Denial of Admission

               Detention of Students (See “Student Code of Conduct”; “Student Due Process”)

               Development of Policies (See “Policy Development, Modification and Deletion”)

               Dietary Needs (See “Nutrition Services Operations”; “Students with Food Allergies”)

               Diplomas (See “Graduation Exercises”, “Graduation Requirements”)

               Disabled Individuals (See “Nondiscrimination”)

               Disaster Plan (See “Emergency Response Plan”)

               Discipline (See “Corporal Punishment”; “Student Code of Conduct”; “Student Due Process”; “Classroom                       Removal of Disruptive Students by a Teacher”)

               Discrimination (See “Nondiscrimination”; “Student Code of Conduct”; “Student Due Process”; “Equal                             Employment Opportunity”)

               Dismissal of Students (See “Student Release at Other than Normal Dismissal Times”; “Emergency                               School Closure and Student Release at Other Than Normal Dismissal Time”)

6245       Dissection and Observation of Animals

               Disruptive Students (See “Classroom Removal of Disruptive Students by a Teacher”; “Student Code of                         Conduct”; “Student Due Process”; “Student Habitually Disruptive Behavior”)

               Distribution of Printed Materials on School Premises (See “Student Distribution of Non-School Materials”)

5670       Distribution of School/District/Non-District Related Materials

               District Technology Systems and Resources (See “Internet Safety Policy”)

5450       Do Not Resuscitate Orders

8310       Document Control (See also “Records Management”)

               Dogs (See “Service Animals on District Property”; Therapy Dogs on District Property”)

               Dress Code (See “Safe Schools”; “Staff Dress, Accessories and Grooming”; “Student Dress Code”)

               Dropout (See “Parental Notice of Dropout Status”)

                Drugs (See “Controlled Substance and Alcohol Testing for Employees with Driving Responsibilities”;                            “Employee Use of Drugs, Alcohol or Controlled Substances”; “Student Drug, Alcohol and Controlled                              Substance Offenses”; Tobacco, Nicotine and Controlled Substance Delivery Mechanisms”)

6291       Dual Enrollment

               Due Process (See “Student Due Process”)

E

6500       Educational Research

               Electronic Devices (See “Employee Cell Phones and Other Personal Electronic Communication Devices“;                    “Student Use of Cell Phones and Other Personal Electronic Devices”)

               Elementary School Retention (See “Retention”)

3510       Emergency Response Plan

5710       Emergency School Closure and One-Hour Delays

3740       Employee and Visitor Tobacco and Nicotine Use

4300       Employee/Authorized Volunteer Protection

4180       Employee Cell Phones and Other Personal Electronic Communication Devices

4185       Employee Use of Computers, the Internet and Electronic Communications

4210       Employee Use of Drugs, Alcohol or Controlled Substances

               Enrollment (See “International Exchange Students”; “Student Residency”; “Choice of Schools and School                     Transfers”)

               Entrance Age (See “Age Requirement: Kindergarten”; “Acceleration, and Grade Skipping”)

               Equal Educational Opportunities (See “Nondiscrimination”)

4140       Equal Employment Opportunity

3800       Equipment Protection

               Evacuation of Building (See “Emergency Response Plan”)

               Exchange Students (See “International Exchange Students”)

               Excuses for Student Absences (See “Student Attendance”)

3200       Expenditures

               Expenses and Reimbursement for School District Activities (See “Expenditures”; “Employee Professional                     Learning and Development Travel Expenses and Reimbursement”)

               Expulsion (See “Student Code of Conduct; Student Due Process”)

F

7300       Facilities (See Also “Use of Classroom Space”; “Community Use of District-Owned Facilities”; Naming of                     Facilities”)

3410       False Claims Act Protections

               Fees, Student Activities (See “Athletics”; “Student Fees”)

6270       Field Trips and Activity Travel

3820       Flag Displays (See also “Pledge of Allegiance”)

               Food Allergies (See “Students with Food Allergies”)

               Food Service Management (See “Nutrition Services Operations”)

               Foreign Exchange Students (See “International Exchange Students”)

               Foreign Travel (See “Field Trips and Activity Travel”)

5640       Fundraising

G

5080       Gangs, Secret Societies and Disruptive Groups

4000       General Personnel Policy

               Grades, for Behavior (See “Student Code of Conduct”)

               Grade Reports (See “Reporting Student Progress”)

               Grade Skipping (See “Acceleration and Grade Skipping”)

6350       Graduation Exercises

6340       Graduation Requirements

4160       Guidelines for Compensating Certified Staff – Opening New Schools/Renovating of Existing Schools

H

               Handicapped Individuals (See “Nondiscrimination”)

               Harassment (See “Nondiscrimination” and/or “Student Bullying, Harassment, Hazing, Intimidation and                         Threatening Behavior”)

3530       Hazardous Materials

               Head Lice (See “Communicable Diseases – Students”)

               Health (See ”Administering Medication to Students”; “Communicable Diseases – Staff”; “Communicable                       Diseases – Students”; “Controlled Substance and Alcohol Testing for Employees with Driving                                       Responsibilities”; “Do Not Resuscitate Orders”; “Employee Use of Drugs, Alcohol or Controlled                                     Substances”; ”Reporting Child Abuse/Neglect”; “Student Immunizations”; “Student Tobacco Possession                       and Use”; “Student Drug, Alcohol and Controlled Substance Offenses”)

6290       Homeschooling

5270       Homeless Students

6280       Homework

I

               Immunizations (See “Student Immunizations”)

8600       Indemnification

6295       Independent Study

8900       Individual Rights and Responsibilities

               Individual Rights and Responsibilities (See “Classified Employee’s Rights and Responsibilities”; “Parent                       Rights and Responsibilities”; “Principal Rights and  Responsibilities”; “Student Rights and                                             Responsibilities”; “Superintendent Rights and Responsibilities”; “Teacher Rights and Responsibilities”)

               Inoculations of Students (See “Student Immunizations”)

6230       Instructional Materials (See also “Challenges to Curriculum, Instructional Materials and Activities”)

5280       International Exchange Students

               Internet (See “Employee Use of Computers, the Internet and Electronic Communications”; “Student Use of                   District Technology and the Internet”; “Internet Safety Policy”)

8200       Internet Safety Policy

               Interscholastic Athletics (See “Athletics”)

               Intramural Programs (See “Athletics”)

3400       Investment Policy

J

K

               Keys (See “Building Access”)

               Kindergarten, Age Requirement (See “Age Requirement: Kindergarten”)

L

7200       Land Use and Development

3550       Law Enforcement in Schools

6205       Library Resources Selection and Reconsideration

               Lice (See “Communicable Diseases – Students”)

7210       Location of Schools in Industrial and Business Park Zoning Districts

               Lunch, School (See “Nutrition Services Operations”)

M

6281       Make-up Work

               Medicaid Claims (See “False Claims Act Protections”)

5430       Medical Release for Students

5470       Medically Necessary Treatment in School

               Medications (See “Administering Medications to Students”; “Administration of Medical Marijuana to                               Qualified Students”)

               Middle School Retention Policy (See “Retention”)

               Military Recruiters (See “Student School Records”; “Teaching About Controversial Issues and the Use of                     Controversial Materials”; “Distribution of School/District/Non-District Related Material”)

5610       Memorials, Vigils and Remembrances

               Materials and Equipment (“Procurement”; “Equipment Protection”; “Building Access”; “Hazardous                                 Materials”)

6240       Movies, Music and Media

               Music (See “Movies, Music and Media”)

N

7500       Naming of Facilities

               Nepotism (See “Staff Ethics/Conflicts of Interest/Nepotism”

8400       Nondiscrimination

               Nonresident Students (See “Student Residency”)

               Nurses (See “Private Duty Nurses”)

               Nutrition Services (See “Nutrition Services Operations”; “Wellness Policy”)

3700       Nutrition Services Operations

O

5120       Off-Campus Behavior

               Open Enrollment (See “Choice of Schools and School Transfers”)

               Opening New Schools (See “Guidelines for Compensating Certified Staff-Opening New                                                 Schools/Renovating of Existing Schools”)

3610       Operation of District-Owned Small Vehicles

               Organizations (See “Co-Curricular Student Organizations”; “Parent/Community Engagement in Education”;                  “Booster Organizations/Parent Groups”)

P

1000       Parent/Community Engagement in Education

               Parent Organizations (See “Parent/Community Engagement in Education”; “Booster Organizations/Parent                   Groups”)

               Parent-Teacher Conferences (See “Reporting Student Progress”)

5025       Parental Notice of Dropout Status

4240       Parental Notification of Felony Charges Against Employees

8900       Parent Rights and Responsibilities

               Parents (See “Student School Records”; “Visitors to District Schools/Educational Support Center During                       Regular Business Hours”; “Volunteer Authorization”;  “Parent Rights and Responsibilities”)

4000       Personnel, General

6100       Perpetual School Calendar

5150       Physical Intervention, Restraint and Seclusion

6255       Pledge of Allegiance (See also “Flag Displays”)

               Policies, Waiver of (See “Waiver of District Policy”)

1110       Policy Development, Modification, and Deletion

8500       Political and Campaign Matters

6285       Post-Secondary Planning and Enrollment Options

               Pregnancy (See “Student Pregnancy/Birth Control Issues and Sexual Activity”)

7220       Preliminary Drawings and Specifications

8900       Principal Rights and Responsibilities

               Printed Materials, Distribution of (See “Student Distribution of Non-School Materials”; “Distribution of                             School/District/Non-District Related Materials)

               Printing and Duplicating Services (See “Copyright”)

5460       Private Duty Nurses

3300       Procurement Policies

3310       Procurement and Signature Authority

3320       Procurement Competition Requirements

               Professional Growth (See “Expenditures”)

               Public (See “Parent/Community Engagement in Education”; “Community Use of District-Owned Facilities”;                   “Challenges to Curriculum, Instructional Materials and Activities”; “Shared Decision Making”; “Employee                       and Visitor Tobacco and Nicotine Use”; Transportation – Use by Senior Citizen Groups”; Visitors to District                   Schools/Educational Support Center During Regular Business Hours”; Volunteer Authorization”; “Public                       Records Requests; “Public Conduct on District Property”; “Public Complaint”)

1550       Public Complaint

1210       Public Conduct on District Property

1800       Public Records Requests

               Public Relations (See “Parent/Community Engagement in Education”)

               Pupil Progress (See “Reporting Student Progress”)

               Purchases, Authorization of (See “Procurement and Signature Authority”)

               Purchasing (See “Procurement Policies”; “Expenditures”)

Q

               Questionnaires (See “Distribution of School/District/Non-District Related Materials”; “Student Distribution of                 Non-School Materials”; “Surveys and Psychological Services”)

R

               Records, Student (See “Student School Records”)

8300       Records Management (See also “Document Control”)

4190       Released Time for Voting

6210       Religious Content and Materials

               Renovating Existing Schools (See “Guidelines for Compensating Certified Staff-Opening New                                       Schools/Renovating of Existing Schools”)

5540       Reporting Child Abuse/Neglect

6310       Reporting Student Progress

               Research Requests (See “Educational Research”)

               Restraint (See “Physical Intervention, Restraint and Seclusion”)

               Restricted/Prohibited Expenditures (See “Expenditures”)

6320       Retention

               Rights and Responsibilities (See “Individual Rights and Responsibilities”)

               Route Establishment (See “Student Transportation”)

S

3500       Safe Schools

5250       School Attendance Areas

               School Calendar (See “Perpetual School Calendar”)

               School Closing (See “Emergency School Closure and One-Hour Delays”)

               School Kitchens (See “Authorized Personnel in School Kitchens”)

               School Lunch Service (See “Nutrition Services Operations”)

               School Transfers (See “Choice of Schools and School Transfers”)

5130       Search and Seizure

               Second Jobs (See “Staff Ethics/Conflicts of Interest/Nepotism”)

2100       Selection and Appointment of Administrators

1220       Service Animals on District Property

               Sex Education (See “Teaching About Controversial Issues and the Use of Controversial Materials”)

8410       Sexual Harassment (Title IX)

3540       Sex Offender Information (See also “Student Sex Offenders”)

1100       Shared Decision Making

               Smoking (See “Employee and Visitor Tobacco and Nicotine Use”; “Student Tobacco Possession and Use”;                   “Tobacco, Nicotine and Controlled Substance Delivery Mechanisms”)

               Special Education (See “Nondiscrimination”)

               Sports (See “Athletics”)

4135       Staff Conduct

4130       Staff Ethics/Conflicts of Interest/Nepotism

4100       Staff Dress, Accessories and Grooming

               Staff Protection (See “Employee/Authorized Volunteer Protection”)

4110       Staff Relations with Students

               Staff Rights and Responsibilities (See “Individual Rights and Responsibilities”)

               Student Activities Fees (See “Athletics”; “Student Fees”)

6300       Student Assessment

5020       Student Attendance

5110       Student Bullying, Harassment, Hazing, Intimidation and Threatening Behavior

               Student Choice (See “Choice of Schools and School Transfers”)

               Student Clubs (See “Co-Curricular Student Organizations”)

5000       Student Code of Conduct

               Student Discipline (See “Student Code of Conduct”; “Student Due Process”)

5650       Student Distribution of Non-School Materials

5060       Student Dress Code

5040       Student Drug, Alcohol and Controlled Substance Offenses

               Student Drug Abuse (See “Student Drug, Alcohol and Controlled Substance Offenses”)

5010       Student Due Process

5630       Student Fees

               Student Field Trips and Activity Travel (See “Field Trips and Activity Travel”)

               Student Gangs (See Gangs, Secret Societies, and Disruptive Groups”)

5090       Student Habitually Disruptive Behavior

5410       Student Immunizations

               Student Organizations (See “Co-Curricular Student Organizations”; “Athletics”; “Student Press”)

               Student Participation in Athletics (See “Athletics”)

6400       Student Pregnancy/Birth Control Issues and Sexual Activity

6260       Student Press

               Student Publications (See “Student Press”)

5700       Student Release at Other Than Normal Dismissal Time (See also “Emergency School Closure and One-                     Hour Delays”)

5210       Student Residency

8900       Student Rights and Responsibilities

5300       Student School Records

5900       Student Sex Offenders

5050       Student Tobacco Possession and Use

               Student Transfer (See “Choice of Schools and School Transfers”)

3600       Student Transportation

5030       Student Use of Cell Phones and Other Personal Electronic Devices

5035       Student Use of District Technology and the Internet

5070       Student Violence, Fights, and Aggressive Behavior

5100       Student Weapons and Dangerous Items in School

5415       Students with Food Allergies

               Substance Abuse (See “Controlled Substance and Alcohol Testing for Employees with Driving                                       Responsibilities”; “Employee Use of Drugs, Alcohol or Controlled Substances”; “Student Drug, Alcohol and                   Controlled Substance Offenses”)

5520       Suicide Assessment

               Summer Programs (See “Before and After School Enrichment (BASE) Programs”)

8900       Superintendent Rights and Responsibilities

               Surveys (See “Surveys and Psychological Services”; “Student Distribution of Non-School Materials”;                             “Distribution of School/District/Non-District Related Materials”)

6510       Surveys and Psychological Services

3340       Suspension and Debarment

               Suspension, Student (See “Student Code of Conduct”; “Student Due Process”)

T

               Tattoos (See “Gangs, Secret Societies and Disruptive Groups”)

4170       Tax Sheltered Annuities and Other Deferred Compensation Arrangements

8900       Teacher Rights and Responsibilities

6220       Teaching About Controversial Issues and the Use of Controversial Materials (See also “Challenges to                           Curriculum, Instructional Materials and Activities”)

               Textbooks (See “Instructional Materials”)

1225       Therapy Dogs on District Property

5510       Threat Assessments

               Title IX (See “Sexual Harassment (Title IX)

5045       Tobacco Nicotine and Controlled Substance Delivery Mechanisms (See also “Student Tobacco Possession                 and Use”; “Employee and Visitor Tobacco and Nicotine Use”)

               Transfer of Students (See “Choice of Schools and School Transfers”)

               Transfer of Administrators (See “Administrative Transfers”)

               Transportation (See “”Operation of District-Owned Small Vehicles”; “Student Transportation”;                                         “Transportation–Use by Senior Citizen Groups”)

3620       Transportation – Use by Senior Citizen Groups

               Travel Expenses (See “Expenditures”)

               Tuition (See “Student Residency”; “International Exchange Students”)

U

               United States Flag (See “Flag Displays”; “Pledge of Allegiance”)

7400       Use of Classroom Space

V

               Vehicles (See “Operation of District-Owned Small Vehicles”; “Transportation-Use by Senior Citizen                               Groups”)

3520       Video and Audio Monitoring

1200       Visitors to District Schools/Educational Support Center During Regular Business Hours

8800       Volunteer Authorization

               Voting (See “Released Time for Voting”)

W

1120       Waiver of District Policy

4136       Weapons (See also “Student Weapons and Dangerous Items in School”; “Student Code of Conduct;                             “Student Due Process”)

3720       Wellness Policy

 

X

Y

Z