* VASSALBORO SCHOOL COMMITTEE POLICY MANUAL



* TABLE OF CONTENTS



* FOUNDATIONS AND BASIC COMMITMENTS



AC Nondiscrimination/Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action


ACA Gender Neutral Language


ACAA Harassment and Sexual Harassment of Students


ACAB Harassment and Sexual Harassment of School Employees


ACAD Hazing


AD Educational Philosophy and Mission Statement


ADA School District Goals and Objectives


ADC Tobacco Use and Possession


ADF School District Commitment to Learning Results


* SCHOOL COMMITTEE GOVERNANCE AND OPERATIONS



BB School Committee Legal Status


BBA School Board Powers and Responsibilities


BBAA School Committee Member Authority and Responsibilities


BBBA School Committee Member Qualifications


BBBDA School Board - Declared Vacancy Caused by Absenteeism


BBBE Unexpired Term Fulfillment/Vacancies


BCA School Committee Member Code of Ethics


BCB School Board Member Conflict of Interest


BCC Nepotism


BDA School Committee Organizational Meeting


BDB School Board Officers


BDD School Committee-Superintendent Relationship


BDE School Committee Standing Committees


BDF Advisory Committees to the School Committee


BE School Committee Meetings


BEA School Board Use Of Electronic Mail


BEC Executive Sessions


BEC-E Executive Session Law


BEDA Notification of School Committee Meetings


BEDB Agenda Preparation and Dissemination


BEDBA Agenda Format


BEDC Quorum


BEDD Rules of Order


BEDF Voting Method


BEDFA Abstentions


BEDG Minutes


BEDH Public Participation at School Board Meetings


BEDL Adjournment of School Board Meetings


BG School Committee Policy Development


BHC School Board Communications with Staff


BIA New School Board Member Orientation


BIB School Board Member Development Opportunities


* GENERAL SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION



CB School Superintendent


CB-R School Superintendent Job Description


CBE Superintendent’s Compensation and Benefits


CBI Evaluation of the Superintendent


CHA Development of Administrative Procedures


CHD Administration in the Absence of Policy


* FISCAL MANAGEMENT



DA Fiscal Management Goals/Priority Objectives


DB Annual Budget


DBI Expenditure of Funds


DJ Bidding/Purchasing Requirements


DLB Tax Sheltered Annuities


DN School Properties Disposition


* SUPPORT SERVICES



EBCA Crisis Response Plan


EBCA-E Telephone Bomb Threat Checklist


EBCB Fire Drills


EBCB-E Report on Fire Drill


EBCE School Closings and Cancellations


EBCF Automated External Defibrillators (AED’s)


ECB Pest Management in School Facilities and on School Grounds


EEA Student Transportation Services


EEACC Student Conduct on Buses


EEAEA Student Transportation Employee Requirements, Training and Responsibilities


EEAEAA Drug and Alcohol Testing of School Bus Drivers


EEAF Special Use of School Buses


EFBA Menu Development/Options


EFC Free and Reduced Price Food Services


EFD Payment for Food Services


EFDA Restrictions on Sale of Foods


EFE Competitive Food Sales


EGAD Copyright Compliance


* FACILITIES PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT



* PERSONNEL



GBB Staff Involvement in Decision Making


GBEC Drug-Free Workplace


GBGAA Bloodborne Pathogens


GBGAA-E Accidental Blood Exposure Follow-Up/ Outcome Report


GBGAA-R Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure Control Plan


GBI Staff Participation in Political Activities


GBJ Personnel Records and Files


GBK Resolution of Staff Complaints/Grievances


GBK-R Resolution of Staff Complaints/Grievances Administrative Procedure


GBN-R1 Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Administrative Procedure


GBN-R2 Family and Medical Leave Act Administrative Procedure


GCBB Substitute Teacher/Nurse Compensation Pay


GCCAF Sabbatical Leaves


GCF Professional Staff Hiring


GCF-R Professional staff Hiring Procedure


GCFB Recruiting and Hiring of Administrative Staff


GCFB-R Recruiting and Hiring of Administrative Staff Procedures


GCGA Substitute Teachers


GCI Professional Staff Development Opportunities


GCK Professional Staff Assignment and Transfers


GCOA Supervision and Evaluation of Professional Staff


GCOC Evaluation of Administrative Staff


GCQC Resignation of School Unit Employees


GDA Support Staff Positions


GDF Support Staff Employment


* NEGOTIATIONS



* INSTRUCTION



IGA Curriculum Development and Adoption


IHAM Music Education


IHBA Individual Education Plans


IHBAA Referral/Pre-Referral Of Students With Disabilities


IHBAA-R Referral/Pre-Referral Administrative Procedure


IHBAC Child Find


IHBAG Programming in the Least Restrictive Environment


IHBAG-R Programming in the Least Restrictive Environment Administrative Procedure


IHBAI Independent Educational Evaluations


IHBAK Life-Sustaining Emergency Care


IHBAL Grievance Procedure for Persons with Disabilities


IHBEA LAU PLAN


IHBG Home Schooling


IHBGA Home Schooling—Participation in School Programs


IHBGB Supplemental Statement of Rights for Private School Students with Disabilities


IHCDA Post-Secondary Enrollment Options


IIBG Technology and Internet Acceptable Use Permission Form


IJJ Instructional and Library Materials Selection


IJJ-E Citizen’s Challenge of Educational Media Form


IJNDB-R Student Computer and Internet Use Rules


IJNDB-E2 Letter to Students


IJNDB-E3 Student Computer/Internet Use Acknowledgment Form


IJNDB-E4 Discipline Letter


IJNDB-E5 World Wide Web Permission Form


IJNDC School System Web Site/Web Pages


IK Academic Achievement


IKA Grading System


IKAB Report Cards/Progress Reports


IKB Homework


IKB-E Homework Guidelines


IKD Honor Roll


IKE Promotion, Retention and Acceleration of Students


IL Evaluation of Instructional Programs


ILA Tests/Assessments


IMB Teaching About Controversial Issues


IMBB Exemption from Required Instruction


IMDA Patriotic Exercises


IMDB Flag Displays


IMDC Celebration of Holidays


IMG Animals in Schools


* STUDENTS



JEA Compulsory Attendance Ages


JFAA Admission of Resident Students


JFAB Admission of Non-Resident Students


JFABB Admission of Foreign Exchange Students


JFABD Admission of Homeless Students


JFC Dropout Prevention/Student Withdrawal from School


JGAA Assignment of Students to Classes – Five-Year-Olds


JGAB Assignment of Students to Classes: Transfer Students and Home Schooling Students


JHB Truancy


JHBD Magnet School Program Policy


JHBI Truancy


JHCA Sports Physical Screening


JI Student Rights and Responsibilities


JIC Student Use of Profanity


JICA Student Dress


JICB Care of School Property by Students


JICH Drug and Alcohol Use by Students


JICIA Weapons, Violence and School Safety


JICK Bullying


JIH Questioning and Searches of Students


JIH-R Questioning and Searches of Students Administrative Procedure


JJE Student Fundraising Activities


JJI Student Athletics


JJI-E1 Athletic Emergency Information


JJI-E2 Athletic Permit


JJI-E3 Pre-Season Sports Health History Questionnaire


JK Student Discipline


JKD Suspension of Students


JKE Expulsion of Students


JKE-R Expulsion of Students-Guidelines


JKF Disciplinary Removal of Students with Disabilities


JKF-R Disciplinary Removal of Students with Disabilities Admin Procedure


JKGA Time Out Rooms and Therapeutic Restraint


JKGA-R Time Out Rooms and Therapeutic Restraint Administrative Procedure


JLCC Communicable/Infectious Diseases


JLCCA Students with HIV/AIDS


JLCD Administering Medication to Students


JLCE First Aid and Emergency Medical Care


JLD Guidance and Counseling


JLDBG Reintegration of Students from Juvenile Correctional Facilities


JLF Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect


JLF-E Suspected Child Abuse/Neglect Report Form


JLG Admission of Homeless Students


JO Employment of Students


JRA Student Educational Records


JRA-R Student Educational Records Administrative Procedure


JRA-E Annual Notice of Student Education Records & Information Rights


* SCHOOL-COMMUNITY-HOME RELATIONS



KBF Title I—Parent Involvement


KBF-E1 Title I – Parent Involvement Policy


KBF-E2 Title I – Parent Involvement Policy


KCB Community Involvement in Decision Making


KCD Public Gifts/Donations to the Schools


KDA Public Information Program


KE Public Concerns and Complaints


KF Community Use of School Facilities


KF-R Community Use of School Facilities Administrative Procedure


KF-E Building Rental Application


KFA Public Use of School Equipment


KHB Advertising in the Schools


* EDUCATION AGENCY RELATIONS



LEA Student Teachers


* BOARD APPROVED PLANS:



AOS State Approved GT Academic Plan


Vassalboro State Approved GT Academic Plan