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Alphabetic Policy Index Information

This Index is designed to quickly direct the reader to the individual section(s) dealing with a specific topic.
The terminology used in the Policy Manual has been included here, including a listing of all sections covered under each topic heading. 
In addition, popular synonyms have also been utilized where necessary to guide the reader. 
Cross-referencing has been employed to provide all of the major sections dealing with certain important topics. 


ABSENCE, LEAVE OF
Administrative employees 335, 336, 338, 338.1, 339
Classified employees 535, 536, 539, 542
Professional employees 435, 436, 438, 438.1, 439, 442
ADMINISTRATIVE EMPLOYEES 300
Abolishing positions 310
Assignment and transfer 309
Compensated professional leaves 338.1
Compensation plan 328
Complaint policy 326
Creating positions 301
Disciplinary procedures 317
Disqualification by health 315, 334, 335
Dress and grooming 325
Drug-free workplace 351
Employment 104, 302, 303, 303.1
Employment contract 308
Evaluation 312, 313
Family and medical leaves 335
Freedom of speech 320
Gifts 322
Job related expenses 331
Jury duty 342
Liability of employees 344
Management team 327
Nepotism 303.2
Nontenured administrators 316
Outside activities 319, 321
Personal necessity leave 336
Personnel files 324
Physical examination 314, 314.1
Political activities 321
Professional growth/tuition reimbursement 333
Sabbatical leave 338
Sick leave 334
Smoking 323
Suspension and furloughs 311
Uncompensated leave 339
Unlawful harassment 348
Vacation 337
Workers' compensation, return-to-work program 347
ADULT EDUCATION 125
Assessment (grading) 213, 215
ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER
Administrative employees 309
Classified employees 509
Professional employees 409
ATHLETICS 122, 123, 123.1, 211
ATTENDANCE

General 204
Married/pregnant pupils 234
BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS (see School Board Procedures And Goals)
Committees 005
Meetings 006, 903
Membership 004
Officers 005
Voting 006
BONDING 005, 811
BUDGET

Adoption 604
Planning 602
Preparation 603
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS (see Property)
BULLYING/CYBERBULLYING 249, 815, 815.1, 815.2, 815.3
CALENDAR 803
CHILD/STUDENT ABUSE 806
CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEES 905
CLASS SIZE 126
CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES 500

Assignment and transfer 509
Background checks of prospective employees 504.1
Compensatory time 530
Creating positions 501
Discipline 517
Disqualification by health 514, 515, 535
Dress and grooming 525
Drug-free workplace 551
Educational interpreters 504
Employment 104, 504, 508
Employment contract 508
Evaluation 512
Family and medical leaves 535
Gifts 522
Grievance procedure 526
Jury duty 542
Liability of employees 544
Nepotism 503.2
Outside activities 519
Overtime 530
Paid holidays 543
Part-time personnel 541
Personal care assistants 504
Personal necessity leave 536
Personnel files 524
Physical examination 514, 514.1, 515
Reduction in staff 511
Short-term employees 505
Sick leave 534
Smoking 523
Special education paraprofessionals 504
Substitutes 505
Uncompensated leave 539
Unlawful harassment 548
Vacation 537
Wage and salary determination 528
Workers' compensation, return-to-work program 547
Working periods 532
COMMUNITY 900
Citizen advisory committees 905
Classroom visitations 907
Community relations 910
Dissemination of materials, nonschool 913
District/school report cards 919
Foreign trip sales 913
Fundraising, nonschool groups 913
Military personnel, visitations 250, 907
Municipal government relations 909
News media relations 902, 911
Nonschool activities 913
Nonschool materials 913
Nonschool organizations/groups/individuals 913
Parent relations 908
Public attendance at school functions 904
Public complaints 906
Public participation at Board meetings 903
Public relations objectives 901
Publications program 902, 911
Relations with educational institutions 912
Relations with intermediate unit 914
Research involving district students, faculty, and staff 912.1
Scholarships, awards 913
School visitors 907
Student participation, nonschool activities 913
Title I complaint procedure 906
COMPLAINTS
Administrative employees 326
Classified employees 526
Discrimination 103, 104, 104AppendixA
Professional employees 426
Public complaints 906
NCLB complaints 906
Student complaints 219
COURSES OF STUDY 107
CURRICULUM (see Programs)
DISCIPLINE

Administrative employees 317
Classified employees 517
Professional employees 417
Students 218, 218.1, 218.2, 233, 249
DRESS AND GROOMING
Administrative employees 325
Classified employees 525
Professional employees 425
Students 221
DRUG AND ALCOHOL AWARENESS 227, 351, 451, 551
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS 805
EMPLOYEES (see Administrative 300; Classified 500; Professional 400)
EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT

Administrative employees 308
Classified employees 508
Professional employees 408
EVALUATION
Administrative employees 313
Classified employees 512
Professional/temporary professional employees 412
Superintendent 312
EXPENSES
Board members 004
Employees 331, 431
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES 122, 228, 229, 618
FACILITIES (see Property)
FIELD TRIPS 121
FINANCES 600

Bank accounts 608
Budget 602, 603, 604
Competitive electronic auction bidding 610
District audit - public 619
Electronic bidding 610
Federal fiscal compliance 626
Investments 609
Objectives 601
Payment of claims 616
Payroll authorization 614
Payroll deduction 615
Petty cash 617
Procurement cards 625
Purchases 610, 611, 612
Purchasing, cooperative 613
Quotations 610
Special purpose funds 618
Student body fund 618
Tax collection 606
Tax levy 605
Taxable fringe benefits 624
Taxpayer bill of rights 621
Title I fiscal compliance 626
Tuition income 607
FIRE DRILLS 805
FMLA

Administrative employees 335
Classified employees 535
Professional employees 435
FOOD SERVICES 808, 808.1
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS 217
GUIDANCE COUNSELING 112
HOME EDUCATION PROGRAMS 137, 137AppendixA, 137.1, 137.1AppendixA
HOMEBOUND INSTRUCTION 117, 204, 234
HOMEWORK 130
INSURANCE 211, 812, 813
INTERMEDIATE UNIT 914
INVENTORY 706
INVESTMENTS 609

LEAVES (see Absence, Leave of)
LESSON PLANS 111
MAINTENANCE 703, 704
MEDIA RELATIONS 911
MEDICATIONS 210, 210.1
MOTOR VEHICLES 223
NONRESIDENT STUDENTS 202
OPERATIONS 800

Automated external defibrillator (AED) 822
Bonding 811
Child/student abuse 806
Computerized personal information breach 830
Contracted services 818
Copyright material 814
Drug/alcohol testing - covered drivers 810.1, 810.1a
Emergency evacuation 805
Emergency preparedness 805
Energy management conservation 817
Flag display 807
Food safety, inspections 808
Food safety program 808
Food service 808
Fraud 828
Free/reduced-price meals 808.1
Idling restrictions, school buses 810.2
Insurance 812, 813
Internet 815.1, 815.1AppendixA, 815.2, 815.3
Litigation hold 800
Opening exercises 807
Organization 802
Pandemic 805
Property insurance 812
Public records 801
Records management 800
Records retention 800
School bus idling 810.2
School calendar 803
School day 804
School meal accounts 808
Technology/Internet/Web site 815, 815.1, 815.1AppendixA, 815.2, 815.3
Transportation 810, 810.1, 810.1a, 810.2
PAYROLL
Authorization 614
Deductions 615
PERSONNEL FILES (see Records)
PETTY CASH 617
PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS

Administrative employees 314, 314.1, 315, 335
Classified employees 514, 514.1, 515, 535
Professional employees 414, 414.1, 415, 435
Students 209
POSITIONS
Abolishing 310, 410, 511
Creating 301, 401, 501
POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS 205
PREGNANT/MARRIED PUPILS 234
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES 400

Abolishing positions 410
Assignment and transfer 409
Compensated professional leaves 438.1
Complaints 426
Creating positions 401
Disciplinary procedures 417
Disqualification by health 409, 415, 435
Dress and grooming 425
Drug-free workplace 451
Employment 404, 404.1, 405
Employment contract 408
Evaluation 411, 412
Family and medical leaves 435
Freedom of speech 420
Gifts 422
Job related expenses 431
Jury duty 442
Liability of employees 444
Nepotism 403.2
Nontenured staff 416
Outside activities 419, 421
Personal necessity leave 436
Personnel files 424
Physical examinations 414, 414.1
Political activities 421
Professional growth 433
Responsibility for student welfare 440
Sabbatical leave 438
Salary determination 428
Sick leave 434
Smoking 423
Student teachers 407
Summer school staff 406, 411
Suspensions and furloughs 409, 411, 412
Tardiness/attendance 418
Uncompensated leave 439
Unlawful harassment 448
Workers' compensation, return-to-work program 447
Working periods 432
PROGRAMS 100
Academic standards 105.3
Adoption of textbooks 108, 108AppendixA
Adult education 125
Alternative credit for physical education 105.4, 105.4AppendixA, 105.4AppendixB
Alternative education programs 132
Assessments 127
Behavior support 113.2
Charter schools 140, 140Attachment, 140.1, 140.1AppendixA
Child find and screening 113.4
Classroom and program site visitations 105.5
Class size 126
Course guides 106
Courses of study 107
Current events 119
Curriculum development 105, 105.3
Curriculum review by parents and students 105.1
Day care 138
Delegation of authority to athletic team coaches 123.2
Diversity 103.1
Educational goals 102
English as a Second Language Program 116.1
Exemption from instruction 105.2
Extracurricular activities 122, 228, 229, 618
Extracurricular participation by charter/cyber
charter students 140.1, 140.1AppendixA
Extracurricular participation by home education
students 137.1, 137.1AppendixA
Field trips and other student trips 121
Gifted education 114
Guidance counseling 112
Home education programs 137, 137AppendixA, 137.1, 137.1AppendixA
Homebound instruction 117, 204, 234
Homework 130
Human development program 120
Independent education evaluations and special education evaluations 113.3
Independent study 118
Instructional supplies 110
Interscholastic athletics 122, 123, 123.1
Lesson plans 111
Nondiscrimination 103, 104, 104AppendixA
Outdoor activities 123.1
School programs/ceremonies/observances 131
Special education 113, 113.2, 113.3, 113.4
Strategic plan 100
Strategic plan mission statement 101
Student services 146
Summer school 124, 406
Tutoring 116, 116.1, 204
Vocational technical education 115
PROPERTY 700
Advertising - athletic facilities 707.1
Building security 709
Disposal of property, equipment and supplies 706.1
Facilities naming rights 702
Facilities planning 701
Gifts to schools 702
Insurance 812
Inventory and records 706
Lending of school equipment 708
Maintenance 704
Property records 706
Protection of property 713
Revenue enhancement 702
Safety 705
Sanitary management 703
Service animals in schools 718
Smoking 705
Use of facilities by staff 710
Use of FAX machines 715
Use of school facilities 707, 707AppendixA, 707AppendixB, 707Appendix C, 707Appendix D, 707AppendixE, 707Appendix F
Use of wireless communication devices by employees 712, 712AppendixA
Video surveillance 713.1
PUBLIC RELATIONS (see Community)
PUPILS 200

Admission of beginners 201, 203, 209
Assessment 213, 215
Assignment within district 206
Asthma inhalers, possession/use 210.1
Attendance 204, 207, 234
Bicycles and motor vehicles 223
Bullying 249
Care of school property 224
Cyberbullying 249, 815, 815.1, 815.2, 815.3
Discipline 218, 233
Distribution and posting of materials 220
Dress and grooming 221
Drug and alcohol awareness 227
Electronic devices 237
Enrollment in district 200
Expression 220
Expulsion 233
Foreign exchange students 239
Fundraising 229, 618
Gifted pupils 114
Graduation requirements 217
Hazing 247
Health examinations/screenings 209
Hearings, formal/informal 219, 233
HIV/AIDS education 203
Immunization/communicable diseases 203
Medications 210, 210.1
Military recruiters/visitation 250
Nonresident students 202
Nutrition 246, 246AppendixA
Open campus 240
Participation in school affairs 232
Police 225
Postgraduate students 205
Posting of materials by students 220
Pregnant/married students 234
Promotion and retention 215
Public performance/contests/service projects or recreational trips 230
Records 216.1, 216.3
Recruiters' access 250
Reporting pupil progress 212
Searches/inspections 226
Smoking 222
Social events and class trips 231
Special education students 113
Student accident insurance 211
Student government 228
Student rights and responsibilities 235
Supplemental discipline records 216.3
Suspension 233
Terroristic threats/acts 218.2
Unlawful harassment 248
Weapons 218.1
Wellness 246, 246AppendixA
Withdrawal 208
PURCHASES
Budgeted 611
Cooperative 613
Not budgeted 612
Procurement cards 625
Subject to bid 610
RECORDS
Administrative employees 324
Classified employees 524
Computerized personal information breach 830
Litigation hold 800
Professional employees 424
Public records 801
Records management 800
Records retention 800
Students 216.1, 216.3, 250
RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS 204, 336, 436, 536
SAFETY 705
SALARY 328, 428, 528
SCHEDULES

Classified employees 532
Professional employees 432
School calendar 803
School day 804
SCHOOL BOARD PROCEDURES AND GOALS 000
Authority and power 002
Distribution of policy 007
Expenses 004
Functions 003
Meetings 006, 903
Membership 004
Name and classification 001
Organization 005, 008
Review of school board policies 009
Voting 006
SEARCHES 226
SEX EDUCATION 120
SEXUAL/UNLAWFUL HARASSMENT

Administrative employees 348
Classified employees 548
Professional employees 448
Students 248
SICK LEAVE
Administrative employees 315, 334, 335
Classified employees 515, 534, 535
Professional employees 415, 434, 435
SMOKING
Administrative employees 323
Classified employees 523
General 705
Professional employees 423
Students 222
SPECIAL EDUCATION 113, 113.2, 113.3, 113.4
STUDENT WELLNESS

Competitive foods 246, 246AppendixA
Monitoring 246, 246AppendixA
Nutrition guidelines 246, 246AppendixA
Physical activity 246, 246AppendixA
Physical education 246, 246AppendixA
School based activities goals 246, 246AppendixA
Wellness committee 246, 246AppendixA
STUDENTS (see Pupils)
SUBSTITUTES

Classified employees 505, 529
Professional employees 405
SUMMER SCHOOL 124, 406
SUPERINTENDENT

Assistant superintendent 302, 312
Employment 302
Evaluation 312
SUSPENSIONS AND FURLOUGHS
Administrative employees 311
Classified employees 511
Professional employees 411
TAXES
Collection 606
Levy 605
TEXTBOOKS
Adoption/approval of instructional materials, equipment, resources 108, 108AppendixA
Care of 224
Disposal 706.1
Lending 708
TRANSPORTATION 810, 810.1, 810.1a, 810.2
TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT

Administrative employees 331
Professional employees 431
School directors 004
TUITION 202, 607
TUTORIAL INSTRUCTION 116, 116.1, 204
VACATION

Administrative employees 337
Classified employees 537
VISITORS 907
VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL EDUCATION 115
WAGE AND SALARY

Administrative employees 328
Classified employees 528
Professional employees 428

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