School Board Policy Manual

EPS D73 Board Of Education

Board Policy Manual Index

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  • 1:10 School District Legal Status
  • 1:20 District Organization, Operations, and Cooperative Agreement
  • 1:30 School District Philosophy
  • 2:10 School District Governance
  • 2:20 Powers and Duties of the Board of Education
  • 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 Board of Education - Filling Vacancies
  • 2:80 Board Member Ethics
  • 2:100 Board Member Conflict of Interest
  • 2:105 Ethics and Gift Ban
  • 2:110 Qualification, Term, and Duties of Board Officers
  • 2:120 Board Member Development
  • 2:125 Board Member Expenses
  • 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
  • 2:200 Types of Board of Education Meetings
  • 2:210 Organizational Board of Education Meetings
  • 2:220 Board of Education Meeting Procedures
  • 2:230 Public Participation at Board of Education Meetings and Petitions to the Board
  • 2:240 Board Policy Development
  • 2:250 Access To District Public Records
  • 2:260 Uniform Grievance Procedure
  • 2:265 - Title IX Sexual Harassment Grievance Procedure
  • 3:10 - Goals and Objectives
  • 3:20 - Organizational Chart
  • 3:30 - Line and Staff Relations
  • 3:40 - Superintendent
  • 3:50 - Administrative Personnel Other Than The Superintendent
  • 3:60 - Administrative Responsibility of the Building Principal
  • 3:70 - Succession of Authority
  • 4:10 - Fiscal and Business Management
  • 4:15 - Identity Protection
  • 4:20 - Transfer of Funds
  • 4:30 - Revenue and Investments
  • 4:40 - Incurring Debt
  • 4:45 - Insufficient Fund Checks and Debt Recovery
  • 4:55 - Use of Credit and Procurement Cards
  • 4:50 - Payment Procedures
  • 4:60 - Purchases and Contracts
  • 4:70 - Resource Conservation
  • 4:80 - Accounting and Audits
  • 4:90 - Activity Fund
  • 4:100 - Insurance Management
  • 4:110 - Transportation
  • 4:120 - Food Services
  • 4:130 - Free and Reduced-Price Food Services
  • 4:140 - Waiver of Student Fees
  • 4:150 - Facility Management and Building Programs
  • 4:160 - Environmental Quality of Buildings and Grounds
  • 4:170 - Safety
  • 4:175 - Convicted Child Sex Offender; Criminal Background Check and/or Screen; Notifications
  • 4:180 - Pandemic; Management; and Recovery
  • 4:190 - Targeted School Violence Prevention Program
  • 5:10 - Equal Employment Opportunity and Minority Recruitment
  • 5:20 - Workplace Harassment Prohibited
  • 5:30 - Hiring Process and Criteria
  • 5:35 - Compliance with the Fair Labor Standards
  • 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
  • 5:100 - Staff Development Program
  • 5:110 - Recognition For Service
  • 5:120 - Employee Ethics; Conduct; and Conflict of Interest
  • 5:125 - Personal Technology and Social Media: Usage and Conduct
  • 5:130 - Responsibilities Concerning Internal Information
  • 5:140 - Solicitations By or From Staff
  • 5:150 - Personnel Records
  • 5:170 - Copyright
  • 5:180 - Temporary Illness or Temporary Incapacity
  • 5:185 - Family and Medical Leave
  • 5:190 - Teacher Qualifications
  • 5:200 - Terms and Conditions of Employment and Dismissal
  • 5:210 - Resignations and Retirement
  • 5:220 - Professional Personnel; Substitute Teachers
  • 5:230 - Maintaining Student Discipline
  • 5:240 - Suspension
  • 5:250 - Leaves of Absence
  • 5:260 - Student Teachers
  • 5:270 - Employment At-Will, Compensation, and Assignment
  • 5:280 - Duties and Qualifications
  • 5:285 - Drug and Alcohol Testing For School Bus and Commercial Vehicle Drivers
  • 5:290 - Employment Termination and Suspensions
  • 5:292 - Suspension
  • 5:300 - Schedules and Employment Year
  • 5:310 - Compensatory Time-Off
  • 5:320 - Evaluation
  • 5:330 -Educational Support Personnel
  • 6:10 - Educational Philosophy and Objectives
  • 6:15 - School Accountability
  • 6:20 - School Year Calendar and Day
  • 6:30 - Organization of Instruction
  • 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 - Kindergarten
  • 6:100 - Using Animals in the Educational Program
  • 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
  • 6:135 - Accelerated Placement Program
  • 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
  • 6:180 - Extended Instructional Programs
  • 6:185 - Remote Educational Program
  • 6:190 - Extracurricular and Co-Curricular Activities
  • 6:200 - Instructional Arrangements
  • 6:210 - Instructional Materials
  • 6:220 Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT) Program; Responsible Use and Conduct
  • 6:230 - Library Media Program
  • 6:235 - Access to Electronic Networks
  • 6:240 - Field Trips
  • 6:250 - Community Resource Persons and Volunteers
  • 6:255 - Assemblies and Ceremonies
  • 6:260 - Complaints About Curriculum, Instructional Materials And Programs
  • 6:270 - Guidance and Counseling Program
  • 6:280 - Grading and Promotion
  • 6:290 - Homework
  • 6:300 - Graduation Requirements
  • 6:310 - High School Credit for Non-District Experiences; Course Substitutions; Re-Entering Students
  • 6:315 - High School Credit for Students in Grade 7 or 8
  • 6:330 - Achievement and Awards
  • 6:340 - Student Testing and Assessment Program
  • 7:10 - Equal Educational Opportunities
  • 7:15 - Student and Family Privacy Rights
  • 7:20 - Harassment of Students Prohibited
  • 7:30 - Student Assignment
  • 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
  • 7:70 - Attendance and Truancy
  • 7:80 - Release Time for Religious Instruction/Observance
  • 7:90 - Release During School Hours
  • 7:100 - Health and Dental Examinations, Immunizations, and Exclusion of Students
  • 7:110 - Student Transfers
  • 7:130 - Student Rights and Responsibilities
  • 7:140 - Search and Seizure
  • 7:150 - Agency and Police Interviews
  • 7:160 - Student Appearance
  • 7:170 - Vandalism
  • 7:180 - Prevention of and Response to Bullying, Intimidation, and Harassment
  • 7:182 - Drug-Free And Communities Act
  • 7:185 - Teen Dating Violence Prohibited
  • 7:190 - Student Behavior
  • 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
  • 7:250 - Student Support Services
  • 7:260 - Exemption From Physical Activity
  • 7:270 - Administering Medicines To Students
  • 7:275 - Orders to Forgo Life-Sustaining
  • 7:280 - Education Of Students With Chronic Communicable Diseases
  • 7:285­­ - Food Allergy Management Program 
  • 7:290 - Adolescent Suicide Awareness and Prevention Programs
  • 7:300 - Extracurricular Athletics
  • 7:305 - Student Athlete Concussions and Head Injuries
  • 7:310 - Restrictions on Publications and Written or Electronic Material
  • 7:325 - Student Fund Raising Activities
  • 7:330 - Student Use Of Buildings - Equal Access
  • 7:340 - Student Records
  • 7:345 - Use of Educational Technologies; Student Data Privacy and Security 
  • 8:10 - Public Relations
  • 8:20 - Community Use of School Facilities
  • 8:25 - Advertising and Distributing Materials in Schools Provided by Non-School Related Entities
  • 8:30 - Visitors To and Conduct On School Property
  • 8:40 - Spectator Conduct at School Events
  • 8:70 - Accommodating Individuals With Disabilities
  • 8:80 - Gifts to the District
  • 8:81 - Gift Ban Act
  • 8:82 - Ethics Officer
  • 8:90 - Parent Organizations and Booster Club
  • 8:95 - Community Involvement
  • 8:100 - Relations With Other Organizations and Agencies
  • 8:110 - Public Complaints
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