Governance Policy

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School Board Legal Status
*School District Legal Status
Governance Processes – Key Statement
- GP 1 – *The Nature and Philosophy of Governance
- GP 2 – Policy Making Principles
- GP 3 – The Job of the Board
  - *GP 3.1 – Board Responsibilities
  - GP 3.2 – Board President Responsibilities
  - GP 3.3 – The Role of Board Committees
  - GP 3.4 – Continuous Quality Management Responsibilities
- GP 4 – Board Commitments
  - GP 4.1 – Code of Ethics
  - GP 4.2 – Code of Covenants
- GP 5 – Board Professional Development
Board-Superintendent Linkage – Key Statement
- BSL 1 – Providing Direction to the Superintendent
  - BSL 1.1 – Delegation to the Superintendent
  - BSL 1.2 – Unity of Control
- BSL 2 – Performance of the Superintendent
  - *BSL 2.1 – Accountability of the Superintendent
  - BSL 2.2 – Superintendent Compensation and Pay for Performance
- BSL 3 – Requests for Information
*Goals – Key Statement
- G 1 – *Student Achievement
  - G 1.1 – Individual Growth in Academic Areas
  - G 1.2 – Meeting State and District Content Standards
  - G 1.3 – Individual Growth for Exceptional Students
  - G 1.4 – Behavior of Expectations
- G 2 – Effective Use of Resources
  - G 2.1 – Human Resources
    - G 2.1.1 – Recruitment and Retention
    - G 2.1.2 – *Performance Evaluation
    - G 2.1.3 – *Staff Development
  - G 2.2 – Financial Accountability
  - G 2.3 – *Facilities and Services
- G 3 – Responsive Governance
  - G 3.1 – Monitoring Strategic Goals
  - G 3.2 – Establishing Initiatives

Executive Limitations – Key Statement
- EL 1 – Student Achievement
  - EL 1.1 – Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment
    - EL 1.1.1 – Curriculum
    - EL 1.1.2 – *Instruction
    - EL 1.1.3 – Assessment
    - EL 1.1.4 – Remediation
  - EL 1.2 – Safe, Lawful and Respectful Environment
- EL 2 – Responsive Governance
  - EL 2.1 – *Community Involvement
  - EL 2.2 – Public Accountability
  - EL 2.3 – Data Management
- EL 3 – Communication with the Board
- EL 4 – Effective Use of Resources
  - EL 4.1 – Human Resources
    - EL 4.1.1 – Personnel Recruiting and Management
    - EL 4.1.2 – Leadership Development and Succession
    - EL 4.1.3 – Staff Development
    - EL 4.1.4 – *Staff Evaluation
  - EL 4.2 – District Finances
    - EL 4.2.1 – Budget
    - EL 4.2.2 – *Fiscal Management and Controls
    - EL 4.2.3 – Protection of Assets
  - EL 4.3 – Safe and Adequate Facilities

Adopted July 20, 2004

Offices of the Board of Education

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