CCSD Board Policies & Administrative Rules

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Section "A" Rules

Section "B" Rules

Section "C" Rules

Section "D" Rules

Section "E" Rules

Section "F" Rules

Section "G" Rules

Section "I" Rules

Section "J" Rules

Section "K" Rules

Section "L" Rules

Section "SD" Rules

Section "A" - Foundations and Basic Commitments
The district's legal role in providing public education and the basic principles underlying school board governance. These policies provide a setting for all of the school board's other policies and regulations.

BOARD POLICIES:
   District Vision, Mission and Goals
   Nondiscrimination/Equal Opportunity
   School District Legal Status

ADMINISTRATIVE RULES:
   Tobacco-Free Schools

Section "B" - School Board Governance and Operations
The school board – how it is appointed or elected; how it is organized; how it conducts meetings, and how the board operates. This section includes bylaws and policies establishing the board's internal operating procedures.

BOARD POLICIES:
   Board Attorney
   Board Committees
   Board Conduct
   Board Meetings and Procedures
   Board Officers
   Board Operational Goals
   Board Policy Process
   Board Powers and Responsibilities
   Board-Superintendent Relationship
   Conflict of Interest
   Expenses Incurred By Outgoing Board Members
   Organization of the Board of Education
   Public Participation in Board Meetings
   Reports to the Board
   Development, Adoption and Review of Administrative Rules and Forms

ALSO SEE:
   SD-9: Communication and Support to the Board

ADMINISTRATIVE RULES:
   Development, Adoption and Review of Administrative Rules

Section "C" - General School Administration
School management, administrative organization, and school building and department administration – including the administrative aspect of special programs and system-wide reforms such as school- or site-based management. It also houses personnel policies on the superintendent, senior administrators (management team), and school principals. All phases of policy implementation – procedures or regulations – are properly located in this section.

BOARD POLICIES:
         Administration in the Absence of Policy

ALSO SEE:
         SD-1: Superintendent Directives: General
         SD-7: Emergency Superintendent Succession

ADMINISTRATIVE RULES:
         Monitoring-Recording Staff and Students
         School Council Operations

Section "D" - Fiscal Management
School finances and the management of funds. Policies on the financing of school construction and renovation, however, are filed in Section F, Facilities Development.

BOARD POLICIES:
         Fiscal Management Goals and Priorities
         Tax Allocation Districts

ALSO SEE:
         SD-5: Financial Planning and Budgeting
         SD-6: Fiscal Accounting and Reporting

ADMINISTRATIVE RULES:
         Athletic Concession Monies
         Audits/Financial Monitoring
         Audits: Fraud and Other Corrupt/Illegal Conduct
         Grants
         Inventories: Property Control
         Management of Funds and other Assets
         School Properties Disposal
         Travel Expense Reimbursement

Section "E" - Support Services
Non-instructional services and programs, particularly those on business management such as safety, building and grounds management, office services, transportation, and food services.

BOARD POLICIES:
         None

ALSO SEE:
         SD-8: Asset Protection

ADMINISTRATIVE RULES:
         Buildings and Grounds Management
         Data/Records Retention
         District Property Replacement/Restitution
         Free and Reduced Price Meals
         Improvements/Modifications to the District Intranet
         Indemnification and Protection for District Personnel
         Intellectual Property
         Risk Management
         School Closings and Cancellations
         Student Transportation
         Wellness

Section "F" - Facilities Planning and Development
Facility planning, financing, construction, and renovation. It also includes the topics of temporary facilities and school closings.

BOARD POLICIES:
         None

ADMINISTRATIVE RULES:
         Change Orders
         Construction Contract Bidding and Awards
         Construction of/Improvements to Facilities on District Property by Community Organizations or Individuals
         Contracts for Construction
         Long-Range Planning for State Government Capital Outlay
         Naming of School District Facilities
         Plaques for Buildings
         School Yard Habitat Protection
         Selection and Employment of Architectural and Engineering Services
         Site Acquisition Procedures

Section "G" - Personnel
All school employees except for the superintendent.

BOARD POLICIES:
         Personnel Goals/Priority Objectives

ALSO SEE:
         SD-4: Treatment of Staff

ADMINISTRATIVE RULES:
         Alcohol and Controlled Substances Testing
         Catastrophic Illness Leave Bank
         Certified Personnel/Resignation
         Communications System
         Concerns, Complaints and Grievances: Certified
         Concerns, Complaints and Grievances: Classified
         Discipline, Suspension & Dismissal of Staff
         Drug-Free Workplace
         Dual Pay
         Employee Dress Code
         Employee Fund Drives
         Employee Transfer
         Employees and Communicable Diseases
         Equal Employment Opportunity
         Evaluation of Employees
         Family and Medical Leave
         Health Examination/Driving Record
         Hiring
         Job Descriptions
         Personnel/Qualifications and Duties
         Professional Staff Development
         Recruitment of Personnel
         Reduction in Force
         Reporting to/Release from Work on Inclement Weather Days
         Resignation of Professional Staff
         Sexual Harassment
         Short-Term/Long-Term Leaves and Absences
         Staff Attendance
         Staff Compensation
         Staff Ethics
         Substitutes / Supply Teachers
         Tutoring for Pay
         Vacations
         Work Day/Week
         Worker's Compensation

Section "I" - Instruction
Instructional program: basic curricular subjects; special programs, instructional resources, and academic achievement.

BOARD POLICIES:
         Academic Achievement
         Organization For Instruction
         Student Performance Standards and Expectations

ADMINISTRATIVE RULES:
         Above-Grade Acceleration
         Advanced Placement Program
         Alternative Education Program
         Charter Schools
         Community Learning Resources
         Curriculum Guides and Course Outlines
         Educational Surveys and Research
         Evaluation of Instructional Program: Testing Program
         Extended Instructional Programs
         Field Trips
         Gifted Education Program
         Grading Systems
         Graduation Ceremonies
         Graduation Requirements
         Health Education
         Home Study Program
         Instructional Resources and Materials
         Instructional Resources and Selection and Adoption
         Lesson Planning and Recordkeeping by Teachers
         Magnet Programs
         Materials Selection
         Media Programs and Supplementary
         Minimum Class Enrollment Requirements
         Physical Education Program
         Pilot Projects
         Promotion, Placement, and Retention Rule
         Released Time
         Report Cards/Progress Reports
         Scheduling for Instruction - High School
         School Ceremonies and Observances
         School Day
         School District Organization Plan
         School Stores
         Special Instructional Programs
         Teaching About Controversial/Sensitive Issues
         Tests and Examinations: High School Courses
         Theories of Origin
         Use of Technology Resources in Instruction and Internet Safety Policy

Section "J" - Students
Admissions, attendance, rights and responsibilities, conduct, discipline, health and welfare, and school-related activities.

BOARD POLICIES:
         None

ALSO SEE:
         SD-2: Treatment of Students

ADMINISTRATIVE RULES:
         Admissions/Withdrawals:
           Admission of Exchange and Foreign Students
           Children of Employees
           Homeless Children and Youth
           Immigration Forms
           Married and Pregnant Students
           School Attendance Zone Modifications
           Transfer Students

         Equal Educational Opportunities

         Student Activities:
           Academic Standards for Student Participation in Extracurricular Activities
           Fund-Raising
           Gender Equity in Sports
           Overnight Activities Held in the School Building
           Review Committee for Performance and Interscholastic Activities
           School Clubs and Student Organizations - Middle and High Schools
           Social Events
           Sportsmanship

         Student Conduct:
           Attendance
           Automobile Use and Parking
           Chronic Disciplinary Problem Students
           Code of Conduct (Elementary)
           Code of Conduct (High School)
           Code of Conduct (Middle School)
           Detention
           Disciplinary Hearings: Long-Term Suspension Expulsion
           Dress Code
           General Provisions
           In-School Suspension
           Interrogations, Interviews and Searches
           Interscholastic/Extracurricular Activities
           Metal Detector Use
           Removing Disruptive Students From the Classroom
           Saturday School (High School)
           Sexual Harassment
           Short-Term Suspension
           Suspension/Expulsion of Disabled Students

         Student Records
           Transfer/Articulation of Student Records

         Student Welfare
           Dismissal Precautions
           Insurance Program
           Medication
           School Health Services
           Supervision of Students

Section "K" - School, Community and Home Relations
Parent and community involvement in schools.

BOARD POLICIES:
         None

ALSO SEE:
         SD-3: Treatment of Consumers
         SD-10: Community and Communication Involvement

ADMINISTRATIVE RULES:
         Communication with Parents/Guardians
         Loitering
         News Releases
         Non-Custodial Parent
         Partners In Education
         Public Information and Communication
         Relations with Booster Organizations
         Relations With Planning and Zoning Authorities
         School District Logo, Trademarks and Identity Marks
         Solicitation & Advertising on School Property
         Television: Cobb-24 Educational Access Channel
         Use of School Facilities
         Visitors to the School

Section "L" - Education and Agency Relations
The school district's relationship with other education agencies – including other school systems, regional or service districts, private schools, colleges and universities, education research organizations, and state and national education agencies.

BOARD POLICIES:
         None

ADMINISTRATIVE RULES:
         Cooperative Programming with Higher Education
         School Board Governmental Relations
         School Community Relations

Section "SD" - Superintendent Directives
The Board of Education’s directions, guidelines and expectations regarding the superintendent.

BOARD POLICIES:
          Asset Protection
          Communication and Support to the Board
          Community and Communication Involvement
          Emergency Superintendent Succession
          Fiscal Accounting and Reporting
          Financial Planning and Budgeting
          Superintendent Directives: General
          Treatment of Consumers
          Treatment of Staff
          Treatment of Students

ADMINISTRATIVE RULES:
          None