Board Policies and Administrative Regulations

Board policies set forth the school district's purposes and organization in general terms. They create a framework within which the board, superintendent, and district staff can discharge their assigned duties positively.

• A guideline adopted by the board
• A course of action
• May list do's and don'ts
• May include step by step procedures
• May assign specific responsibility

• Detailed directions
• Paraphrases of state or federal law
• Forms, job descriptions, etc.

Administrative regulations are procedures developed by the board to put board policies into practice. They describe how, by whom, where, and when processes take place.

• Provide detailed requirements, procedures, and prohibitions under which the district will be operated by
• Inform students, parents, stakeholders

• Job description
• Handbook
• Plan
• Contracts/Inter-agency agreement

Exhibits (E) provide more specific detail as either forms or specific procedures.