Board Policy Manual

Contact person for Board Policy Manual :

 Jeanne Clayton, District Secretary

217-659-7739  jclayton@laharpeeagles.com

 

• Index of Statutes

• Index of Policies

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Section 1- School District Organization

Table of Contents

• 1:10  School District Legal Status

• 1:20  District Organization, Operations, and Cooperative Agreements

• 1:30  School District Philosophy

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Section  2 -School Board

Table of Contents

Governance

• 2:10  School District Governance

• 2:20  Powers and Duties of the School Board; Indemnification

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

•       2:80-E  Exhibit - Board Member Code of 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

•       2:120-E  Exhibit - Guidelines for Serving as a Mentor to a New School Board Member

•       2:120-E  Exhibit – Website Listing of Development and Training Completed by Board Members

• 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

•       2:160-E  Exhibit – Checklist for Selecting a Board Attorney

• 2:170  Procurement of Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying Services

• 2:180  OPEN

Board Meetings

• 2:190  OPEN

• 2:200  Types of School Board Meetings

• 2:210  Organizational School Board Meeting

• 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 

• 2:240  Board Policy Development

•       2:240-E1  Exhibit - PRESS Issue Updates

•       2:240-E2  Exhibit - Developing Local Policy  

Board Records   

 

• 2:250 Access to District Public Records

 

Uniform Grievance Procedure

• 2:260  Uniform Grievance Procedure

 

Section 3  General School Administration

Table of Contents

• 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

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  3:70  Succession of Authority

 

Section 4  Operational Services

Table of Contents

Fiscal and Business

• 4:10  Fiscal and Business Management

• 4:15  Identity Protection

• 4:20  Fund Balances

• 4:30 Revenue and Investments

• 4:40 Incurring Debt

• 4:45  Insufficient Fund Checks and Debt Recovery

• 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

• 4:90  Activity Funds

• 4:100  Insurance Management

Operations

• 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

Safety and Security

• 4:170  Safety

• 4:175   Convicted Child Sex Offender; Criminal Background Check and/or Screen; Notifications

• 4:180  Pandemic Preparedness

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Section 5  Personnel

Table of Contents

General Personnel

• 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 Act

• 5:40  Communicable and Chronic Infectious Disease

• 5:50  Drug- and Alcohol-Free Workplace; Tobacco Prohibition

• 5:60  Expenses

• 5:70  Religious Holidays

• 5:80  Court Duty

• 5:90  Abused and Neglected Child Reporting

• 5:100  Staff Development Proram

• 5:110  Recognition for Service

• 5:120  Ethics and Conduct

• 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

• 5:200  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

Educational Support Personnel​

• 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

• 5:300  Schedules and Employment Year

• 5:310  Compensatory Time-Off

• 5:320  Evaluation

• 5:330  Sick Days, Vacation, Holidays, and Leaves

 

Section 6  Instruction

Table of Contents

Philosophy and Goals

• 6:10  Educational Philosophy and Objectives

• 6:15  School Accountability

Educational Calendar and Organization

• 6:20  School Year Calendar and Day

• 6:30  Organization of Instruction

Curriculum

• 6:40  Curriculum Development

• 6:50  School Wellness

• 6:60  Curriculum Content

• 6:65  Student Social and Emotional Development

• 6:70  Teaching  about Religion

• 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

• 6:180  RESERVED

• 6:190  Extracurricular and Co-Curricular Activities

Instructional Resources

• 6:200  OPEN

• 6:210  Instructional Materials

• 6:220  RESERVED

• 6:230  Library Media Program

• 6:235  Access to Electronic Networks

• 6:240  Field Trips and Recreational Class Trips

• 6:250  Community Resource Persons and Volunteers

•      6:250-AP  Administrative Procedure - Securing and Screening Resource Persons and Volunteers

•      6:250-E  Exhibit - Volunteer Information Form and Waiver of Liability

• 6:255  Assemblies and Ceremonies

• 6:260  Complaints About Curriculum, Instructional Materials, and Programs

Guidance and Counseling

• 6:270  Guidance and Counseling Program

Achievement

• 6:280  Grading and Promotion

• 6:290  Homework

• 6:300  RESERVED

• 6:310  RESERVED

• 6:315  High School Credit for Students in Grade 7 or 86:330  Achievement and Awards

• 6:340  Student Testing and Assessment Program

 

 

Section 7 Student

Table of Contents

Equity

• 7:10  Equal anEducational Opportunities

• 7:15  Student and Family Privacy Rights

• 7:20  Harassment of Students Prohibited

Assignment and Admission

• 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

Attendance

• 7:70  Attendance and Truancy

• 7:80  Release Time for Religious Instruction/Observance

• 7:90  Release During School Hours

• 7:100  Health, Eye, and Dental Examinations, Immunizations, and Exclusion of Students

• 7:110  OPEN

• 7:120  OPEN

Rights and Responsibilities

• 7:130  Students Rights and Responsibilities

• 7:140  Search and Seizure

• 7:150  Agency and Police Interviews

• 7:160  Student Appearance

• 7:165  RESERVED

• 7:170  Vandalism

• 7:180  Prevention of and Response to Bullying, Intimidation, and Harassment

• 7:185  Teen Dating Violence Prohibited

• 7:190  Student Discipline

• 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

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

• 7:285  Food Allergy Management Program

• 7:290  Suicide and Depression Awareness and Prevention 

• 7:300  Extracurricular Athletics

• 7:305  Student Athlete Concussions and Head Injuries

• 7:310  Restrictions on Publications

• 7:320  OPEN

• 7:325  Student Fundraising Activities

• 7:330  RESERVED

Records

• 7:340  Student Records

 

Section 8  Community Relations

Table of Contents

• 8:10  Connection with the Community

• 8:20  Community Use of School Facilities

• 8:25  Advertising and Distributing Materials in Schools Provided by Non-School RelatedEntities

• 8:30  Visitors to and Conduct on School Property

• 8:40  OPEN

• 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 Concerns

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