This booklet is intended to acquaint faculty and staff members with general information about the University of Kentucky community College System, and to explain some of its policies affecting them. The booklet is organized into five sections. Section I contains general information about the system, gives its history, purpose, and a map of the…

External funding can provide a valuable means of enabling an institution to augment the growth and quality of its regular program. Because the institutional benefits of special projects can be maintained only through a reasonable degree of central administration and control, Chemeketa Community College has developed this guidebook of procedures to…

This book presents highlights from the February 2005 Forum. Discussions and perspectives include educational mandates, effective disciplinary practices in schools, and effective use of quality instruction as a means of preventing challenging behavior

Intended to aid in the implementation of Public Law 93-380 (Education Amendments of 1974) and Public Law 94-142 (Education for All Handicapped Children Act), the manual provides guidelines for South Carolina hearing officers when parents of handicapped children and local education agencies disagree about evaluation, placement, changes in…

The Iowa State Department of Public Instruction has developed an instructional materials selection policy and procedures to help achieve appropriate assignment of selection responsibility and quality selection while guarding against unwarranted censorship of materials. The model emphasized the ongoing nature of media selection, involving…

School district policies concerning student records in Pennsylvania must be in conformity with these guidelines. The guidelines were established and adopted to ensure that the student's right to privacy is not invaded when the information is gathered or released; to determine which officials can have access to a student's file and how much of the…

This document presents guidelines developed by the Los Angeles Unified School District to help strengthen support from parents, the community, and community leaders for the school district's programs. It provides a statement regarding school and parent responsibilities and suggestions for how the school staff and parents, working together, may…

Student rights encompass all specific rights which the courts recognize as being vested in students. These may be derived from applicable Federal, State, and/or local laws, including school regulations. On June 22, 1973, an ad hoc committee (50 percent American Indian) was convened in Albuquerque, New Mexico to review a special report form…

These guidelines represent the partial completion of the first phase of a three-phase comprehensive study of discipline in the schools of Pennsylvania. In preparing this document, the state Task Force on Student Responsibility and Discipline attempted to present a practical, reasoned approach to the complex issue of student conduct and to provide…

Part of a 13-volume series designed to help Lutheran communities assess the feasibility of starting a Lutheran elementary school and to assist ongoing schools in current operation, this handbook focuses on financial support for Lutheran schools. It attempts to present a comprehensive description of factors to be considered in funding a Lutheran…

This publication, resulting from a survey of more than 2,000 school districts, focuses on school violence and ways to prevent it. Section 1 discusses both the problem of school violence and also the critical role that school boards must play in keeping schools safe. This section also includes information about how school boards can develop…

This guide was developed by the New York State Education department to assist schools in the formation, review, or redesign of school smoking policies. Basic considerations and policy rationale are discussed. A description of policy establishment involves: (1) formation of a task force, drawing members from school and community; (2) selection of…

Promoting healthy and safe behaviors among students is an important part of the fundamental mission of schools, which is to provide young people with the knowledge and skills they need to become healthy and productive adults. Improving student health and safety can: increase students? capacity to learn; reduce absenteeism; and improve physical…

This paper outlines the characteristics of an effective in-school suspension program designed to be a viable alternative to traditional out-of-school suspension for student misbehavior. The author emphasizes that an in-school suspension program must rest on a solid philosophical foundation which allows for defining and dealing with the root…

As a mechanism by which policy for out-of-school experiences is carried out, these guidelines developed for Bruce County Schools, Canada, in 1972-73 are intended to insure pupil safety and set forth teacher responsibility during educational outings and excursions for students of all levels. Included are administrative procedures for obtaining…