Board Policies
The Board directs the superintendent to recall all policy manuals periodically for purposes of administrative updating and Board review. The superintendent and administrative staff shall make every effort to ascertain that each copy of the policy manual or any excerpt therefrom is identical. However, only that copy which is designated "official copy" and which is kept at all times in the office of the superintendent of schools shall be recognized as authoritative.
Code Finder Index that aids in locating
materials by topic or keyword.
If after searching these sources you still cannot locate the
information you are seeking, it is possible that the district does
not have written materials in that area. It is also possible that a
brief statement related to the area you are seeking has been
incorporated into a "superior" policy that covers the general area.
To find it, read up the classification system and skim the relevant
policy.
Many of the documents in these manuals cite references to further
assist the reader. Policies often contain "Cross Refs" to refer the
reader to related information in another section. "MSIP Refs"
indicate that the document fully or partially satisfies one or more
components of the Missouri School Improvement Program (MSIP)
Standards and Indicators Manual, Report Writing Form or District
Response Form. The "Legal Refs" direct the reader to the state or
federal law or case law on which the document is based.
Additionally, documents that are required by law are labeled
"critical" at the top, while those recommended based on best
practices are labeled "basic.'' It is important to note that
additional laws or court decisions might also be applicable to a
particular document.
Board of Education policies, regulations, administrative procedures
and administrative forms must be read and interpreted in the light
of federal and state laws and Missouri State Board of
Education/Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
regulations. Wherever inconsistencies of interpretation arise, the
federal and state laws and regulations shall prevail.
It is the hope of the Board of Education of the A villa R-XIII
School District that this collection of policies, regulations,
procedures and forms will provide for greater efficiency in all
areas of school operations.
Introduction
These manuals contain the school district policies of the A villa
R-XIII School District Board of Education and the administrative
procedures and forms intended to implement the policies. The manuals
are organized according to MSBA's modified coding system of the
National School Boards Association (NSBA). The system provides an
efficient means of coding, filing and finding policies, regulations
(-R), administrative procedures (-AP) and administrative forms
(-AF). The MSBA classification system has the fo11owing major
classifications (at this time there is no section H):
Subclassifications under each heading are
based on logical sequence and alphabetical subcoding. For example,
policy CB is used for a general policy statement regarding the
school superintendent. Policy CBB relates to the more specific topic
of recruiting and appointing a superintendent. Policy CBB,
therefore, is a subcode of CB, and CB is the "superior" code of CBB.
According to NSBA/MSBA definitions:
Policies are principles adopted by the Board to chart a course of
action. They tell what is wanted and may include why and how much.
They are broad enough to indicate a line of action to be taken by
the administration in meeting a number of day-to-day problems;
however, they need to be narrow enough to give the administration
clear guidance.
Regulations (-R) are step-by-step processes that contain legal
material necessitating Board adoption.
Administrative Procedures (-AP) are detailed directions developed by
the administration to put a policy into practice. They tell how, by
whom, where and when tasks are to be accomplished.
Administrative Forms (-AF) are forms that complement Board policy
and are used by the administration to collect or disseminate
information or provide reference documents.
Each manual contains a Master Index in the front of each binder that
will te11 the reader at a glance which documents are available for
each topic area. Each section of each manual begins with a table of
contents to further aid users in finding documents. Finally, the
back of each binder contains a
B - School Board Governance and Operations
C - General School Administration
K - School-Community Relations