Review Agenda Item
Meeting Date: 5/24/2018 - 7:00 PM
Category: New Business and Reports to the Board
Type: Info
Subject: Policy Revisions: AA, AFA, BCA, BF, BFC, CA, CBA, CBB, CBD, CBE, CC, CH, CHD/BFE, DAA, EBCD, EBCD-R, IGBC, IGBC-R
ACPS 2025 Strategic Plan Goal:
Objective 6.2 Continuous Improvement
ACPS will engage in cycles of continuous improvement at every level of the school division, and it will employ evidence-based decision-making in its consideration of process improvements, policy making, and budgeting and accountability.
Policy: BF - Policy Manual
Funding Source or Fiscal Impact (where applicable)
File Attachment:
180524_Memo_Policy_Revisions.pdf
180524_Policy_DAA_Investment_Policy_Statement.pdf
180524_Policy_EBCD_Emergency_School_Closures_Delayed_Opening_Early_Dismissal.pdf
180524_EBCD-R_Emergency_School_Closures_Delayed_Opening_and_Early_Dismissal_Regulations.pdf
180524_Policy_IGBC_Parent-Guardian_and_Family_Engagement.pdf
180524_IGBC-R_Parent-Guardian_and_Family_Engagement_Regulations.pdf
180524_Policy_AA_School_Division_Legal_Status.pdf
180524_Policy_AFA_Evaluation_of_School_Board_Operational_Procedures_140424.pdf
180524_Policy_BCA_School_Board_Organizational_Meeting_141204.pdf
180524_Policy_BF_Policy_Manual.pdf
180524_Policy_BFC_Policy_Adoption.pdf
180524_Policy_CA_Administration_Goals.pdf
180524_Policy_CBA_Qualifications_and_Duties_for_the_Superintendent.pdf
180524_Policy_CBB_Appointment_and_Term_of_the_Division_Superintendent.pdf
180524_Policy_CBD_Superintendent's_Compensation_and_Benefits.pdf
180524_Policy_CBE_Severance_Benefits.pdf
180524_Policy_CC_Administrative_Organization_Plan.pdf
180524_Policy_CH_Policy_Implementation.pdf
180524_Policy_CHD-BFE_Administration_in_Policy_Absence.pdf
Agenda Item Summary: Best Practices/School Division-Initiated Policy Revisions:
As part of the School Board’s continuing policy review, we recommend that it review the proposed policy revisions. (Hyperlinks to the current policies are included for reference.)

Policy DAA: Investment Policy Statement

Policy EBCD: School Closings

Policy IGBC: Parent/Guardian Involvement

Statutory/Regulatory/Triennial Review Policy Revisions:
Changes to the Code of Virginia impact School Board policies. As part of the Board’s continuing policy review, we recommend that it review the resulting statutory and regulatory policy revisions below, as well as those resulting from the Board’s triennial review. (Hyperlinks to the current policies are included for reference.)

Policy AA: School Division Legal Status

Policy AFA: Evaluation of School Board Operational Procedures

Policy BCA: School Board Organizational Meeting

Policy BF: Board Policy Manual

Policy CA: Administration Goals

Policy CBA: Qualifications and Duties for the Superintendent

Policy CBB: Appointment and Term of the Division Superintendent

Policy CBD: Superintendent’s Contract, Compensation and Benefits

Policy CBE: Severance Benefits

Policy CC: Administrative Organization Plan

Policy CH: Policy Implementation

Policy CHD/BFE: Administration in Policy Absence
Background: The Code of Virginia § 22.1-253.13:7 requires that each local school board shall maintain and follow up-to-date policies, and that all policies shall be reviewed at least every five years and revised as needed. In addition, the Alexandria City School Board’s Policy BF provides that policies will be reviewed at least every three years and revised as needed.
Recommendation: The Superintendent recommends that the School Board review the attached policies.
Approvals:
Recommended By:
Signed By:
Final-Clerk of the Board - Proxy