DISTRICT 96 BOARD OF EDUCATION POLICY MANUAL
Public Review
2:110 Qualifications, Term, and Duties of Board Officers
4:60 Purchases and Contracts
5:30 Hiring Process and Criteria
5:90 Abused and Neglected Child Reporting
5:150 Personnel Records
5:170 Publication and Creation of Materials/Copyrights and Patents
5:260 Student Teachers
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
Section 2: Board of Education: Table of Contents
Governance
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 Board of Education - Filling Vacancies
- 2:80-Board Member Oath and Conduct
- 2:80E-Exhibit-Board Member Code of Conduct
- 2:90-Reserved
- 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
- 2:120E2-Exhibit Website Listing 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
- 2:170-Procurement of Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying Services
- 2:180-Reserved
Board Meetings
- 2:190-Reserved
- 2:200-Types of Board of Education Meetings
- 2:210-Organizational Board of Education Meeting
- 2:220-Board of Education Meeting Procedure
- 2:230-Public Participation at Board of Education Meetings and Petitions to the Board
Board Policy
Board Records
Uniform Grievance Procedure
Section 3: General School Administration: Table of Contents
- 3:10-Goals and Objectives
- 3:20-Reserved
- 3:30-Chain of Command
- 3:40-Superintendent
- 3:50-Administrative Personnel Other Than the Superintendent
- 3:52-Compensation-Administrators
- 3:60-Administrative Responsibility of the Building Principal
- 3:70-Succession of Authority
Section 4: Operational Services: Table of Contents
- 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
- 4:50-Payment Procedures
- 4:55-Use of Procurement Cards
- 4:60-Purchases and Contracts
- 4:70-Reserved
- 4:80-Accounting and Audits
- 4:82-Capital Assets
- 4:90-Activity Funds
- 4:100-Insurance Management
- 4:110-Transportation
- 4:120-Food Service
- 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
- 4:165-Awareness and Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse and Grooming Behaviors
- 4:170-Safety
- 4:175-Convicted Child Sex Offender; Criminal Background Check and/or Screen; Notifications
- 4:180-Pandemic Preparedness: Management; and Recovery
4:182-Pandemic Preparedness and Management; Face Coverings
4:190-Targeted School Violence Prevention Program
Section 5: Personnel: Table of Contents
General Personnel
- 5:10-Equal Employment Opportunity and Minority Recruitment
- 5:20-Workplace Harrasment 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-Reserved
- 5:80-Court Duty
- 5:90-Abused and Neglected Child Reporting
- 5:100-Staff Development Program
- 5:110-Reserved
- 5:120-Employee Ethics; Code of Professional Conduct; and Conflict of Interest
- 5:130-Responsibilities Concerning Internal Information
- 5:140-Solicitations By or From Staff
- 5:150-Personnel Records
- 5:160-Computer Network System Use Policy-Resignation/Retirement
- 5:170-Publication or Creation of Materials/Copyrights and Patents
- 5:180-Temporary Illness or Temporary Incapacity
- 5:185-Family and Medical Leave
- 5:186-RESERVED
Professional Personnel
- 5:190-Teacher Qualifications
- 5:200-Terms and Conditions of Employment and Dismissal
- 5:210-Resignations
- 5:220-Substitute Teachers
- 5:230-Reserved
- 5:240-Suspension
- 5:250-Leave of Absence
- 5:260-Student Teachers
Educational Support Personnel
- 5:270-Employment At-Will, Compensation, and Assignment, Terms and Conditions
- 5:280-Duties and Qualifications
- 5:285-Reserved
- 5:290-Employment Termination
- 5:300-Schedules and Employment Year
- 5:310-Reserved
- 5:320-Reserved
- 5:330-Sick Days, Vacation, Holidays, and Leaves
Section 6: Instruction: Table of Contents
Philosophy and Goals
Educational Calendar and Organization
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
- 6:90-Reserved
- 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-Reserved
- 6:135-Accelerated Placement Program
- 6:140-Education of Homeless Children
- 6:140-McKinney-Vento Homeless Act Monitoring Tool
- 6:145-Migrant Students
- 6:150-Home and Hospital Instruction
- 6:160-English Learners
- 6:170-Title I Programs
- 6:180-Extended Instructional Programs
- 6:185-Reserved
- 6:190-Extracurricular and Co-Curricular Activities
Instructional Resources
- 6:200-Reserved
- 6:210-Instructional Materials
- 6:220-Reserved
- 6:230-Reserved
- 6:235-Technology System Use and Internet Safety Policy
- 6:240-Field Trips
- 6:250-Reserved
- 6:255-Assemblies and Ceremonies
- 6:260-Complaints About Curriculum, Instructional Materials, and Programs
Guidance and Counseling
- 6:270-Reserved
Achievement
- 6:280-Grading and Promotion
- 6:290-Homework
- 6:300-Reserved
- 6:310-Reserved
- 6:320-Reserved
- 6:330-Reserved
- 6:340-Student Testing and Assessment Program
Section 7: Students: Table of Contents
Equity
- 7:10-Equal Educational Opportunities
- 7:15-Student and Family Privacy Rights
- 7:20-Harassment of Students Prohibited
Assignment and Admission
- 7:30-Student Assignment and Intra-District Transfer
- 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-Reserved
- 7:100-Health, Eye, and Dental Examinations; Immunizations; and Exclusion of Students
- 7:110-Reserved
- 7:120-Reserved
Rights and Responsibilities
- 7:130-Student 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 Behavior
- 7:200-Suspension Procedures
- 7:210-Expulsion Procedures
- 7:220-Bus Conduct
- 7:230-Misconduct by Students with Disabilities
- 7:240-Reserved
Welfare Services
- 7:250-Student Support Services
- 7:260-Exemption from Physical Activity
- 7:270-Administering Medicines to Students
- 7:275-Reserved
- 7:280-Communicable and Chronic Infectious Disease
- 7:285-Anaphylaxis Prevention, Response, and Management Program
- 7:290-Suicide and Depression Awareness and Prevention
Activities
- 7:300-Reserved
- 7:305-Student Athlete Concussions and Head Injuries
- 7:310-Restrictions on Publications
- 7:320-Reserved
- 7:325-Student Fund-Raising Activities
- 7:330-Reserved
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 Related Entities
- 8:30-Visitors to and Conduct on School Property and Communication via School Technology
- 8:40-Reserved
- 8:50-Reserved
- 8:60-Reserved
- 8:70-Accommodating Individuals with Disabilities
- 8:80-Gifts to the District
- 8:90-Parent Organizations and Booster Clubs
- 8:95-Reserved
- 8:100-Reserved
- 8:110-Public Suggestions and Concerns