Sterling Schools
Board Policy
Table of
Contents
SECTION
1
SCHOOL DISTRICT ORGANIZATION
1.10 School District Legal Status
1.20 District Organization,
Operations, and Cooperative Agreements
1.30 School District Philosophy
SECTION
2 BOARD
OF EDUCATION
Governance
2.10 School District Governance
2.20 Powers and Duties of the Board
of Education
Board Member
2.30 Board of Education Elections
2.40 Board Member Qualifications
2.50 Board Member Term of Office
2.60 Board Member Removal From Office
2.70 Vacancies on School Board -
Filling Vacancies
2.80 Board Member Ethics
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 School Attorney
2.170 School Architect
2.180 OPEN
Board Meetings
2.190 Mailing Lists For Receiving Board
Material
2.200 Types of School Board Meetings
2.210 Organizational Board of Education Meetings
2.220 Board of Education Meeting Procedure
2.230 Public Participation at Board of
Education Meetings and Petitions to the Board
Board Policy
2.240 Board Policy Development
Board Records
2.250 Access to District's Public Records
Uniform Grievance Procedure
2.260 Uniform Grievance Procedure
SECTION
3
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION
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
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 Procurement Cards
4.60 Purchases
4.70 Resource Conservation
4.80 Accounting and Audits
4.90 Student Activity Fund Management
4.94 Research, Evaluation, and
Planning
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 Facilities Management and Expansion
Programs
4.155 Health and Life Safety Projects
4.160 Hazardous and Infectious Materials
4.170 Safety
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
5.40 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 Ethics
5.122 Tutoring and Private Lessons
5.140 Solicitations By or From Staff
5.150 Personnel Records, Maintenance, and
Access
5.170 Copyright For Publication or Sale of
Instructional Materials and Computer Programs Developed By Employees
5.180 Temporary Illness or Temporary
Incapacity
5.185 Family and Medical Leave Act
Professional Personnel
5.190 Teacher Qualifications
5.200 Terms and Conditions of Employment
and Dismissal
5.202 Meetings
5.210 Resignations and Retirement
5.212 Early Retirement Program
5.220 Substitute Teachers
5.230 Maintaining Student Discipline
5.240 Suspension
5.250 Leave of Absence
5.260 Student Teachers
Educational Support Personnel
5.270 Compensation and Assignment
5.280 Teacher Assistants, Coaches, and Bus
Drivers
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
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 Religions
6.80 Teaching About Controversial
Issues
6.100 Experiments Upon or Dissection of
Animals
Special Programs
6.110 Programs for Students At Risk of
Dropping Out of School
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 Bilingual Education
6.170 Title 1 Programs
6.180 Extended Instructional Programs
6.184 Alternative School
6.190 Extracurricular and Co-Curricular
Activities
Instructional Resources
6.210 Instructional Materials
6.230 Instructional Resource Center
6.235 Access To The Internet
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
Guidance and Counseling
6.270 Guidance and Counseling Program
Achievement
6.280 Grading and Promotion
6.285 Student Promotion
6.290 Homework
6.300 Graduation Requirements
6.310 Credit For Alternative Courses and
Programs and Course Substitutions
6.320 Credit For Proficiency
6.330 Awards and Scholarships
6.340 Student Testing and Assessment
Program
SECTION
7
STUDENTS
Equity
7.10 Equal Educational Opportunities
7.15 Student and Family Privacy
Rights
7.20 Sexual Harassment
Assignment and Admission
7.30 Student Assignment
7.40 Part-Time Attendance By Private
and Parochial Students
7.50 School Admissions
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 Examinations, Immunizations,
and Exclusion of Students
7.110 Student Transfers
7.120 OPEN
Rights and Responsibilities
7.130 Student Rights and Responsibilities
7.140 Search and Seizure
7.150 Agency and Police Interrogation
7.160 Student Appearance
7.170 Theft and Vandalism
7.180
Preventing Bullying, Intimidation, and Harassment
7.185 Closed Campus
7.190 Student Discipline
7.195 Random Drug Testing
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 Welfare Services
7.260 Exemption From Physical Activity
7.270 Administering Medicines To Students
7.280 Communicable and Chronic Infectious
Disease
Activities
7.300 Extracurricular Athletics
7.310 Publications and Student Expression
7.315 Distribution of Literature or
Promotional Materials to Students by Non-Students
7.320 Advertising and Sponsorship of
District Communications
7.323 Solicitation/Contact for Sales By
Outside Organizations
7.325 Student Fund Raising Activities
7.330 Student Use of Buildings - Equal
Access
Records
7.340 Student Records
SECTION
8
COMMUNITY RELATIONS
8.10 Public Relations
8.20 Community Use of School
Facilities
8.25 Distribution and Display of
Community Flyers and Posters
8.30 Conduct On School Property
8.60 Exclusive Bargaining
Representative Agent
8.70 Accommodating Individuals With
Disabilities
8.80 Public Gifts to the District
8.90 Parent Organizations
8.95 Parental Involvement
8.100 Relations With Other Organizations
and Agencies
8.110 Public Complaints
8.115 Recording District Athletic Events