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Policy Reference Manual
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1 - SCHOOL DISTRICT ORGANIZATION
SECTION 2 - SCHOOL BOARD
SECTION 3 - GENERAL SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION
SECTION 4 - OPERATIONAL SERVICES
SECTION 5 - PERSONNEL
SECTION 6 - INSTRUCTION (pdf's available, only)
SECTION 7 - STUDENTS (pdf's available, only)
SECTION 8 - SCHOOL - COMMUNITY RELATIONS (pdf's available, only)

 

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Administrative Service Center
Macomb Community Unit School District #185
323 West Washington Street
Macomb, IL 61455

Phone: 309-833-4161
FAX: 309-836-2133

The District Office is open Monday through Friday, 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM

 

 
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SECTION 1 - SCHOOL DISTRICT ORGANIZATION
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  1:10 School District Legal Status
  1:20 Organization for Instruction and Cooperative Agreements
  1:20 - AP Checklist for Handling Intergovernmental Agreement Requests
  1:30 Vision/Mission Statement, Belief Statements, and Goals
     

 

 
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SECTION 2 - SCHOOL BOARD
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  Governance
  2:10 School District Governance
  2:20 Powers and Duties of the School Board
  2:20-E Exhibit - Waiver and Modification Request Process
  Board Member
  2:30 School Board 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
  2:70-E Exhibit - Checklist for Filling Board Vacancy by Appointment
  2:80 Board Member Code of Conduct
  2:80-E Exhibit - Board Member Code of Conduct
  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 Develoment
  2:120-AP Guidelines for Board Member Attendance at State and National School Board Conferences
  2:120-E Exhibit - Guidelines for Serving as a Mentor to a New School Board Member
  2:125 Board Member Expenses
  Board Relationships
  2:130 Board-Superintendent Relationship
  2:140 Communications To and From the Board
  2:140-E Exhibit - Guidance for Board Member Communications, Including E-mail Use
  2:150 Committees
  2:160 School Attorney
  2:170 Procurement of Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying Services
  2:170-AP Administrative Procedure - Qualification Based Selection
  Board Meetings
  2:190 Mailing Lists
  2:200 Types of School Board Meetings
  2:200-AP Administrative Procedure - Types of School Board Meetings
  2:210 Organizational School Board Meetings
  2:220 School Board Meeting Procedure
  2:220-E Board Treatment of Closed Meeting Verbatim Records and Minutes
  2:230 Public Participation at School Board Meetings and Petitions to the Board
  Board Policy
  2:240 Board Policy Development
  2:240-E1 Exhibit - PRESS Issue Updates
  2:240-E2 Exhibit - Developing Local Policy
  Board Records
  2:250 Access to District's Public Records
  2:250-AP Administrative Procedure - Access to and Copying of District's Public Records
  2:250-E1 Exhibit - Written Request for District Records
  2:250-E2 Exhibit - Immediately Available Public Records
  2:250-AP2 Administrative Procedure - Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules
  Uniform Grievance Procedure
  2:260 Uniform Grievance Procedure
  2:260-AP Administrative Procedure - Guidelines for Investigating Complaints and Allegations of Misconduct
  2:260-AP2 Administrative Procedure - Nondiscrimination Coordinator and Complaint Manager
     

 

 
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SECTION 3 - GENERAL SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION
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  3:10 Goals and Objectives
  3:20 Organizational Chart
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  3:30 Line and Staff Relations
  3:40 Superintendent
  3:45 Administrative Procedures - Approval of Handbooks and Directives
  3:50 Administrative Personnel Other Than the Superintendent
  3:60 Administrative Responsibility of the Building Principal
  3:70 Sussession of Authority
  3:70-AP1 Administrative Procedure - Succession Plan
  3:70-AP2 Administrative Procedure - Organizational Flowchart
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SECTION 4 - OPERATIONAL SERVICES
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  4:10 Fiscal and Business Management
  4:20 Transfer of Funds
  4:30 Revenue and Investments
  4:40 Incurring Debt
  4:45 Insufficient Fund Check
  4:45-AP Administrative Procedure - Insufficient Funds Checks
  4:50 Payment Procedures
  4:55 Use of Credit Cards
  4:55-AP Controls for the Use of District Credit Cards
  4:55-E Cardholder's Statement Affirming Familiarity with Requirements for Using District Credit Cards
  4:60 Purchases
  4:60-AP Administrative Procedure - Purchases
  4:60-AP2 Administrative Procedure - Third Party Non-Instructional Contracts
  4:70 Resource Conservation
  4:70-AP Administrative Procedure - Resource Conservation
  4:80 Accounting and Audits
  4:80-AP Checklist for Internal Controls
  4:90 Activity Funds
  4:90-AP Administrative Procedure - Student Activity Fund Management
  4:100 Insurance Management
  4:100-AP Administrative Procedure - Staff Insurance Program - Group Health Continuation Coverage
  4:110 Transportation
  4:110-AP Administrative Procedure - School Bus Post-Accident Checklist
  4:110-AP2 Administrative Procedure - Pre-Trip and Post-Trip Inspection; Bus Driving Comments
  4:120 Food Service
  4:120-AP Administrative Procedure - Food Service
  4:130 Free and Reduced-Price Food Service
  4:140 Waiver of Student Fees
  4:140-AP Administrative Procedure - Fines, Fees, and Charges - Waiver of Student Fees
  4:140-E1 Application of Fee Waiver
  4:140-E2 Response to Application for Fee Waiver, Appeal, and Response to Appeal
  4:150 Facility Management and Building Programs
  4:160 Environmental Quality of Buildings and Grounds
  4:160-AP Administrative Procedure - Environmental Quality of Buildings and Grounds
  4:170 Safety
  4:170-AP1 Administrative Procedure - Comprehensive Safety and Crisis Program
  4:170-AP2 Administrative Procedure - Emergency Preparedness Response to Homeland Security Codes
  4:170-E1 Agreement Between Evacuation Site and District
  4:170-E2 Acknowledgement of Agreement Between Evacuation Site and District
  4:170-E3 Letter to Parents Regarding Student Safety
  4:170-E4 Item for School Newsletters
  4:170-AP3 Administrative Procedure - Criminal Offender Notification Law
  4:170-AP4 Administrative Procedure - Unsafe School Choice Option
  4:170-E5 Student Accident Report
  4:170-E6 Employee Accident Report
  4:170-E7 Emergency Medical Information Form for Students with Special Needs or Medical Conditions Who Ride School Buses
  4:170-AP5 Administrative Procedure - School Bus Safety Rules
  4:170-AP6 Administrative Procedure - Plan for Responding to a Medical Emergency at an Indoor Physical Fitness Facility
  4:170-E8 School Staff AED Notification Letter
  4:170-E9 Automatic External Defibrillator Incident Report
  4:170-E10 Memo to Staff Members Regarding Contacts by Media About a Crisis
  4:170-E11 Informing Parents About Offender Community Notification Laws
  4:175 Surveillance Cameras on School Property
  4:175-AP Administrative Procedure - Surveillance Cameras on School Property
  4:180 Pandemic Preparedness/Emergency School Closing
  4:180-AP1 School Action Steps for Pandemic Influenza
  4:180-AP2 Pandemic Influenza Surveillance and Reporting
  4:190 OSHA Standard : Bloodborne Pathogens
  4:190-E1 Refusal for Hepatitis B Virus Vaccine
  4:190-E2 Important Information About Hepatitis B and Hepatitis B Vaccine
  4:190-E3 Post Exposure Incident Report
  4:190-E4 BIOHAZARD Symbol
  4:200 Corporate Advertising/Recognitions of Donations on School Property
     

 

 
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SECTION 5 - PERSONNEL
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  General Personnel
  5:10 Equal Employment Opportunity and Minority Recruitment
  5:10-AP Workplace Accommodations for Nursing Mothers
  5:20 Sexual Harassment
  5:20-AP Sample Questions for Conducting the Internal Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Investigation
  5:30 Hiring Process and Criteria
  5:30-AP1 Job Interviews
  5:30-AP2 Investigations
  5:35 Compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act
  5:35-AP1 Fair Labor Standards Act Exemptions
  5:35-AP2 Employee Records Required by the Fair Labor Standards Act
  5:35-AP3 Compensable Work Time for Non-Exempt Employees Under the FLSA
  5:35-AP4 Fair Labor Standards Act 12-Step Compliance Checklist
  5:35-E Volunteer Agreement Executed by a Non-Exempt Employee
  5:40 Communicable and Chronic Infectious Disease
  5:40-AP Communicable and Chronic Infectious Disease
  5:50 Drug and Alcohol-Free Workplace
  5:60 Expenses
  5:60-AP Expenses
  5:60-E1 Request for Leave Form
  5:60-E2 Travel Voucher
  5:70 Religious Holidays
  5:80 Court Duty
  5:90 Abused and Neglected Child Reporting
  5:100 Staff Develoment Program
  5:100-AP Staff Develoment Program
  5:110 Recognition for Service
  5:120 Ethics
  5:120-AP Statement of Economic Interest for Employees
  5:120-AP2 Employee Conduct Standards
  5:130 Responsibilities Concerning Internal Information
  5:130-AP Email Retention
  5:140 Solicitations By or From Staff
  5:150 Personnel Records, Maintenance, and Access
  5:150-AP Personnel Records -Maintenance and Access
  5:170 Copyright for Publication or Sale of Instructional Materials and Computer Programs Developed by Employees
  5:170-AP1 Copyright Compliance
  5:170-AP2 Seeking Permission to Copy or Use Copyrighted Works
  5:170-E Request to Reprint Material
  5:170-AP3 Instructional Materials and Computer Programs Developed Within the Scope of Employment
  5:180 Temporary Illness or Temporary Incapacity
  5:185 Family and Medical Leave
  5:185-AP Family and Medical Leave
  Professional Personnel
  5:190 Certification
  5:190-AP1 Plan to Ensure That All Teachers Who Teach Core Academic Subjects Are "Highly Qualified" by the End of the 2005-2006 School Year
  5:190-E1 Notice to Parents of Their Right to Request Their Child's Classroom Teachers' Qualifications
  5:190-E2 Notice to Parents When Their Child is Assigned To or Has Been Taught for at Least Four Straight Weeks by a Teacher Who is Not "Highly Qualified"
  5:190-E3 Notice to Teacher Who Fails to Meet the Federal Definition of "Highly Qualified"
  5:200 Terms and Conditions of Employment and Dismissal
  5:200-AP Salary Schedule Advancement, Adjustments, and Supplemental Pay
  5:210 Resignations and Retirement
  5:220 Substitute Teachers
  5:220-AP Substitute Teachers
  5:220-E Unsatisfactory Performance Report for Substitute Teachers
  5:230 Maintaining Student Discipline
  5:240 Suspension
  5:240-AP Suspension
  5:260 Student Teachers
  Educational Support Personnel
  5:270 Employment At-Will, Compensation, and Assignment
  5:280 Duties and Qualifications
  5:285 Drug and Alcohol Testing for School Bus and Commercial Vehicle Drivers
  5:285-AP Drug and Alcohol Testing for School Bus and Commercial Vehicle Drivers
  5:290 Termination and Suspensions
  5:300 Schedules and Employment Year
  5:310 Compensatory Time-off
  5:310-E Agreement to Receive Compensatory Time-off
  5:320 Evaluation
  5:330 Sick Days, Vacation, Holidays, and Leaves
     

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SECTION 6 - INSTRUCTION
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  6:15 School Accountability
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  6:15-AP School Choice and Supplemental Educational Services
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  6:15-E Resolution Declining Requests to Accept Non-Resident Choice Students
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  6:20 Calendar and Day
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  6:30 Organization of Instruction
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  6:40 Curriculum Development
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  6:50 School Wellness Policy
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  6:60 Curriculum Content
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  6:60-AP Comprehensive Health Education Program
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  6:65 Student Social and Emotional Development
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  6:70 Teaching About Religions
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  6:70-AP Teaching About Religions
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  6:80 Teaching About Controversial Issues
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  6:100 Using Animals in the Educational Program
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  6:100-AP Dissection of Animals
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  6:110 Programs for Students At Risk of Academic Failure and/or Dropping Out of School
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  6:120 Special Education
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  6:120-AP Special Education Procedures Assuring the Implementation of Comprehensive Programming for Children with Disabilities
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  6:120-E Notice to Parents/Guardians Regarding Section 504 Rights
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  6:130 Programs for the Gifted
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  6:140 Education of Homeless Children
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  6:140-AP Education of Homeless Children
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  6:145 Migrant Students
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  6:150 Home and Hospital Instruction
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  6:160 English Language Learners
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  6:170 Title I Programs
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  6:170-AP1 Checklist for Development, Implementation, and Maintenance of Parent Involvement Compacts for Title I Programs
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  6:170-AP2 Notice to Parents Required by No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
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  6:170-E1 District-Level Parental Involvement Compact
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  6:170-E2 School-Level Parental Involvement Compact
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  6:170-AP3 No Child Left Behind Checklist
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  6:180 Extended Instructional Programs
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  6:190 Extracurricular and Co-Curricular Activities
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  6:190-AP Eligibility for Participation in Extracurricular Activities
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  6:195 Student Activities - Fund Raising
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  6:210 Instructional Materials
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  6:230 Library Media Center
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  6:230-E1 Library Bill of Rights
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  6:230-E2 Media Center Books/Materials Reconsideration Request
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  6:235 Access to Electronic Networks
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  6:235-AP1 Acceptable Use of Electronic Networks
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  6:235-E1 Letter to Parent(s)/Guardian(s) Regarding Student Use of the District's Electronic Networks
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  6:235-E2 Authorization for Electronic Network Access
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  6:235-E3 Keeping Yourself and Your Kids Safe on Social Networks
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  6:235-AP2 Data Backup Protocol
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  6:240 Field Trips and Recreational Class Trips
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  6:240-AP Field Trip Guidelines
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  6:250 Community Resource Persons and Volunteers
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  6:250-AP Securing and Screening Resource Persons and Volunteers
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  6:250-E Criminal Background Information Form for Resource Persons and Volunteers Working in the Macomb Schools
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  6:255 Assemblies and Ceremonies
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  6:260 Complaints About Curriculum, Instruction Materials and Programs
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  6:260-E1 Instructional Books/Materials Reconsideration Request
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  6:270 Guidance and Counseling Programs
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  6:280 Grading and Promotion
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  6:280-AP Evaluating and Reporting Student Achievement
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  6:290 Homework
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  6:300 Graduation Requirements
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  6:300-E1 Application for a Diploma for Veterans of WWII or the Korean Conflict
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  6:310 Credit for Alternative Courses and Programs and Course Substitutions
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  6:310-E Class Substitution Request
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  6:320 Credit for Proficiency
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  6:330 Awards and Scholarships
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  6:340 Student Testing and Assessment Program
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SECTION 7 - STUDENTS
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  7:10 Equal Educational Opportunities
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  7:15 Student and Family Privacy Rights
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  7:15-E Notification to Parents of Family Privacy Rights
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  7:20 Harassment of Students Prohibited
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  7:20-AP Harassment of Students Prohibited
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  7:30 Student Assignment and Intra-District Transfer
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  7:40 Nonpublic School Students, Including Parochial and Home-Schooled Students
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  7:40-AP Placement of Nonpublic School Students Transferring Into the District
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  7:50 School Admissions and Student Transfers To and From Non-District Schools
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  7:50-AP Student Transfers To and From Non-District Schools
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  7:60 Residence
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  7:60-AP1 Challenging a Student's Residence Status
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  7:60-AP2 Establishing Student Residency
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  7:60-AP2.E1 Letter of Residence from Landlord in Lieu of Lease
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  7:60-AP2.E2 Letters of Residence to be Used When the Person Seeking to Enroll a Student is Living With a District Resident
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  7:60-AP2.E3 Evidence of Non-Parent's Custody, Control, and Responsibility of a Student
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  7:70 Attendance and Truancy
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  7:80 Release Time for Religious Instruction/Observances
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  7:90 Release During School Hours
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  7:100 Health Examinations, Immunizations and Exclusion of Students
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  7:110 Student Transfers
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  7:130 Student Rights and Responsibilities
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  7:140 Search and Seizure
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  7:140-AP Use of Metal Detectors for Student Safety
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  7:150 Agency and Police Interviews
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  7:150-AP Agency and Police Interviews
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  7:160 Student Appearance
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  7:160-AP Dress and Appearance Code
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  7:170 Vandalism
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  7:180 Preventing Bullying, Intimidating, and Harassment
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  7:190 Student Discipline
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  7:190-AP1 Student Handbook - Gang Activity Prohibited
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  7:190-AP2 Student Handbook - Electronic Devices
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  7:190-AP3 Use of Isolated Time Out and Physical Restraint
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  7:190-AP4 Guidelines for Reciprocal Reporting of Criminal Offenses Committed by Students
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  7:190-AP5 Student Handbook - Hazing Prohibited
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  7:190-E1 Aggressive Behavior Reporting Letter and Form
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  7:190-E2 Student Handbook Checklist
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  7:200 Suspension and Detention Procedures
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  7:210 Expulsion Procedures
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  7:220 Bus Conduct
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  7:230 Misconduct By Students with Disabilities
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  7:240 Conduct Code for Participants in Extracurricular Activities
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  7:250 Student Services
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  7:250-AP1 Measures to Control the Spread of Head Lice At School
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  7:250-AP2 Protocol for Responding to Students with Social, Emotional, or Mental Health Problems
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  7:260 Exemption from Physical Activity
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  7:270 Administering Medicines to Students
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  7:270-AP Dispensing Medication
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  7:270-E1 School Medication Authorization Form
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  7:275 Orders to Forego Life-Sustaining Treatments
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  7:280 Communicable and Chronic Infectious Disease
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  7:280-AP Managing Students with Communicable and Chronic Infectious Diseases
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  7:280-E1 Placement of Students with AIDS
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  7:280-E2 Reporting and Exclusion Requirements for Common Communicable Diseases
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  7:280-E3 Preventing of Staphylococcal Infections for Schools
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  7:290 Adolescent Suicide Awareness and Prevention Program
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  7:290-AP Adolescent Suicide and Crisis Intervention
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  7:300 Extracurricular Athletics
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  7:300-E1 Agreement to Participate
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  7:300-E2 Certificate of Physical Fitness for Participation in Athletics
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  7:300-E3 Authoriztion for Medical Treatment Form
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  7:310 Restrictions on Publications and Written or Electronic Material
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  7:310-AP Guidelines for Student Distribution of Non-School Sponsored Written Material on School Grounds
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  7:320 Solicitations By Outside Organizations
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  7:325 Student Fund-Raising Activities
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  7:330 Student Use of Building - Equal Access
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  7:330-E Request Form for Non-curricular Student Groups to Use School Facilities
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  7:340 Student Records
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  7:340-AP Student Records
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  7:340-E1 Notifice to Parents and Students of Rights Concerning Student's School Records
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  7:340-E2 Using a Photograph or Videotape of a Student
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  7:340-E3 Letter to Parents Concerning Military Recruiters and Postsecondary Institutions Receiving Student Directory Information
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  7:340-E4 Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Military Recruiter Access to Students and Student Information
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  7:350 Access To Student Records
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  7:350-E1 Parent's Acknowledgement of Review
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  7:350-E2 Student's Acknowledgement of Review
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  7:350-E3 Results of Hearing to Challenge
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  7:360 Directory Information
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  7:370 Student Record Challenges
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  7:370-AP Procedure for Challenging Accuracy, Relevancy or Propriety of Any Entry in the School Student Records, Exclusive of Grade by Requesting a Hearing with the School
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SECTION 8 - SCHOOL-COMMUNITY RELATIONS
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  8:10 Connection with the Community
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  8:20 Community Use of School Facilities
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  8:20-AP Administrative Procedure - Rental of Facilities
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  8:20-E1 Facility Use Contract
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  8:20-E1a Terms and Conditions of Facility Use Contract
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  8:25 Advertising and Distributing Materials in Schools Provided by Non-School Related Entities
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  8:25-AP1 Advertising and Distributing of Materials in Schools Provided by Non-School Related Entities
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  8:25-AP2 Student Distribution of Non-School Sponsored Written Material on School Grounds
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  8:25-AP3 Distribution of Literature or Promotional Material to Students by Non-Students
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  8:30 Visitors to and Conduct on School Property
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  8:30-AP Definition of Child Sex Offender
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  8:30-E1 Child Sex Offender's Request for Permission to Visit School Property
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  8:70 Accommodating Individuals with Disabilities
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  8:80 Public Gifts to the District
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  8:90 Parent Organizations and Booster Clubs
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  8:95 Parental Involvement
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  8:95-AP Parental Involvement
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  8:95-E1 Letter Notifying Parents of School Visitation Rights
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  8:100 Relations with Other Organizations and Agencies
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  8:110 Public Suggestions and Complaints
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  8:120 Community Involvement in Decision Making - Naming Facilities Within the School District
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