Board Policy Manual

School District 69 - Skokie/Morton Grove

Cook County

Table of Contents

• Section 1 - School District Organization
  • 1:10 School District Legal Status
  • 1:20 District Organization, Operations, and Cooperative Agreements
  • 1:30 School District Philosophy
• Section 2 - Board of Education
  • Governance
    • 2:10 School District Governance
    • 2:20 Powers and Duties of the Board of Education
  • 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
      • 2:70-E Exhibit - Checklist for Filling Board Vacancies by Appointment
    • 2:80 Board Member Oath and Conduct
      • 2:80-E Exhibit - Board member Ethics
    • 2:90 OPEN
    • 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
      • 2:120-E2 Exhibit - Website Listing of 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
      • 2:140-E Exhibit - Guidance for Board Member Communications, Including Email Use
    • 2:150 Committees
    • 2:160 Board Attorney
    • 2:170 Procurement of Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying Services
    • 2:180 OPEN
  • Board Meetings
    • 2:200 Types of Board of Education Meetings
    • 2:210 Organizational Board of Education Meeting
    • 2:220 Board of Education Meeting Procedure
      • 2:220-E1 Exhibit - Board Treatment of Closed Meeting Verbatim Records and Minutes
      • 2:220-E2 Exhibit - Motion to Adjourn to Closed Meeting
      • 2:220-E3 Exhibit - Closed Meeting Minutes
      • 2:220-E4 Exhibit - Open Meeting Minutes
      • 2:220-E5 Exhibit - Semi-Annual Review of Closed Meeting Minutes
      • 2:220-E6 Exhibit - Log of Closed Meeting Minutes
    • 2:230 Public Participation at Board of Education 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 Public Records
  • Uniform Grievance Procedure
    • 2:260 Uniform Grievance Procedure
• Section 3 - General School Administration
  • 3:10 Goals and Objectives
  • 3:20 OPEN
  • 3:30 Chain of Command
    • 3:30-E Exhibit - Organizational Chart for Administration
  • 3:40 Superintendent
  • 3:50 Administrative Personnel Other Than the Superintendent
  • 3:60 Administrative Responsibility of the School Principal
  • 3:70 Succession of Authority
• Section 4 - Operational Services
  • 4:10 Fiscal and Business Management
  • 4:20 OPEN
  • 4:30 Revenue and Investments
  • 4:40 Incurring Debt
  • 4:45 RESERVED
  • 4:50 Payment Procedures
  • 4:55 Use of Credit and Procurement Cards
  • 4:60 Purchases and Contracts
  • 4:70 RESERVED
  • 4:80 Accounting and Audits
  • 4:90 Activity Funds
  • 4:100 Insurance Management
  • 4:110 Transportation
  • 4:120 Food Services
  • 4:130 Free and Reduced-Price Food Services
  • 4:140 Waiver of Student Fees
  • 4:150 Facility Management and Building Programs
  • 4:160 Hazardous and Infectious Materials
  • 4.162 Integrated Pest Management
  • 4:170 Safety
  • 4:180 RESERVED
• Section 5 - Personnel
  • General Personnel
  • 5:10 Equal Employment Opportunity and Minority Recruitment
  • 5:20 Sexual Harassment
  • 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
  • 5:60 Expenses
  • 5:70 Religious Holidays
  • 5:80 Court Duty
  • 5:90 Abused and Neglected Child Reporting
  • 5:100 Staff Development Program
  • 5:110 Recognition for Service
  • 5:120 Ethics
  • 5:125 Personal Technology and Social Media: Usage and Conduct
  • 5:130 Responsibilities Concerning Internal Information
  • 5:140 RESERVED
  • 5:150 Personnel Records
  • 5:160 OPEN
  • 5:170 Copyright
  • 5:180 Temporary Illness or Temporary Incapacity
  • 5:185 Family and Medical Leave
  • Professional Personnel
    • 5:190 Teacher Qualifications
    • 5:200 Terms and Conditions of Employment and Dismissal
    • 5:210 Resignations
    • 5:220 Substitute Teachers
    • 5:230 Maintaining Student Discipline
    • 5:240 Suspension
    • 5:250 Leaves of Absences
    • 5:260 RESERVED
  • Educational Support Personnel
    • 5:270 Employment At-Will, Compensation, and Assignment
    • 5:280 Duties and Qualifications
    • 5:285 RESERVED
    • 5:290 Employment Termination and Suspension
    • 5:300 Schedules and Employment Year
    • 5:310 Compensatory Time-Off
    • 5:320 Evaluation
    • 5:330 Sick Days, Vacation, Holidays and Leaves
• Section 6 - Instructional
  • Philosophy and Goals
    • 6:10 Educational Philosophy and Objectives
    • 6:15 School Accountability
  • Educational Calendar and Organization
    • 6:20 School Year Calendar and Day
    • 6:30 RESERVED
  • 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 OPEN
    • 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 Programs for the Gifted
    • 6:140 Education of Homeless Children
    • 6:145 Migrant Students
    • 6:150 Home and Hospital Instruction
    • 6:160 English Language Learners
    • 6:170 Title I Programs
    • 6:180 RESERVED
    • 6:190 Extracurricular and Co-Curricular Activities
  • Instructional Resources
    • 6:200 OPEN
    • 6:210 Instructional Materials
    • 6:220 OPEN
    • 6:230 Library Media Program
    • 6:235 Access to Electronic Networks
      • 6:235 - E1 Exhibit - Student Authorization for Electronic Network Access
      • 6:235 - E2 Exhibit - Staff Authorization for Electronic Network Access
    • 6:240 Field Trips and Recreational Class Trips
    • 6:250 Community Resource Persons and Volunteers
    • 6:255 Assemblies and Ceremonies
    • 6:260 Suggestions About Curriculum,Instructional Materials, and Programs
  • Guidance and Counseling
    • 6:270 Guidance and Counseling Program
  • Achievement
    • 6:280 Grading and Promotion
    • 6:290 Homework
    • 6:300 RESERVED
    • 6:310 RESERVED
    • 6:320 High School Credit for Proficiency
    • 6:330 RESERVED
    • 6:340 RESERVED
• Section 7 - Students
  • 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
    • 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 Release During School Hours
    • 7:100 Health, Eye, and Dental Examinations; Immunizations; and Exclusion of Students
    • 7:110 OPEN
    • 7:120 OPEN
  • 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 Preventing Bullying, Intimidation, and Harassment
    • 7:190 Student Discipline
    • 7:200 Suspension Procedures
    • 7:210 Expulsion Procedures
    • 7:220 Bus Conduct
    • 7:230 Misconduct by Students with Disabilities
    • 7:240 Conduct Code for Participants in Extracurricular Activities
  • Welfare Services
    • 7:250 Student Support Services
    • 7:260 Exemption from Physical Activity
    • 7:270 Administering Medicines to Students
    • 7:275 Orders to Forgo Life-Sustaining Treatment
    • 7:280 Communicable and Chronic Infectious Disease
    • 7:285 Food Allergy Management
    • 7:290 RESERVED
  • Activities
    • 7:300 Extracurricular Activities
    • 7:305 Student Athlete Concussions and Head Injuries
    • 7:310 Restrictions on Publications and Written or Electronic Material
    • 7:320 OPEN
    • 7:325 Student Fund-Raising Activities
    • 7:330 RESERVED
  • Records
    • 7:340 Student Records
• Section 8 - Community Relations
  • 8:10 Connection with the Community
  • 8:20 Community Use of School Facilities
  • 8:25 Advertising and Distributing Materials Provided by Non-School Related Entities
  • 8:30 Visitors to and Conduct on School Property
  • 8:40 OPEN
  • 8:50 OPEN
  • 8:60 OPEN
  • 8:70 Accommodating Individuals with Disabilities
  • 8:80 Gifts to the District
  • 8:90 Parent Organizations and Booster Clubs
  • 8:95 Parental Involvement
  • 8:100 Relations with Other Organizations and Agencies
  • 8:110 Public Suggestions and Complaints

Board Policy Manual - Index

This manual may be changed at any time at the sole discretion of the Board and/or the Superintendent, whichever has appropriate jurisdiction, subject only to mandatory collective bargaining requirements.