Admin Guide to Policy Board Guide to Policy Development
The laws governing student attendance
Texas district has a compulsory student attendance law because attendance is crucial in providing quality education to children. The rule applies to children with the age of 6-19years except for homeschooled children; children enrolled in private schools, 17 years old students enrolled in a high school equivalency program, and those who have received a high diploma certificate. The laws governing student attendance include:
- Absences excused by law
The district schools are required to excuse student absenteeism for explanations listed in state law, such as to attend a healthcare appointment, attend a required court appearance, observe a religious holy day, and to serve as an election clerk.
- Absences excused by the district.
In the district generally, an absence of a student may be excused in cases of medical treatment, death of an immediate family member, and personal illness.
- Excessive absences
The law states that both the parent and the children are responsible for unexcused absences. In cases of this, a notice is sent to the parent, and the student may be subjected to truancy prevention measures. However, a student aged 12 to 18 years may be judged in a court of law within ten school days of absenteeism. The parent also might be fined or sentenced with a criminal offense if their child continues to miss school.
Laws for Safe school environment
The district of Texas aims at providing better student performance. To ensure this, the board adopts vital skills that include evidence grounded practices that effectively address prevention, identification, awareness, self guard in response intervention in school bullying and harassment of students.
Laws governing the instructional programs
Policies stipulated in the district of Texas provide instructional programs which, are adopted to provide the full potential for students. In providing this, the district adopts the policies that include teaching methods that address the needs of such as violence prevention programs, school dropout reduction measures, and discipline management.
Curriculum and assessments.
Each school within the district offer curriculum activities that include health with an emphasis on the student’s physical health, and mental health. The policies state that physical health should consist of the importance of proper diets, whereas mental health entails teachings about mental health conditions abuse of substances.
On current assessments, the law states that students must attend classes for 90% of the school period. The rule applies to absences, including the excused absences if it is offered to receive a final grade. However, if the student does not meet the requirement the attendance board depending on the circumstances, may award final grades to the student.
Technology, the Internet, and other electronic devices and federal copyright law.
The technology, internet, electronic devices, and federal copyrights use by schools in the Texas district have some implications. The policy prohibits online services directed to children under the age of 13 years from obtaining information from children in specific ways that violate their rights. The policy furthermore requires the district schools to certify that they have internet safety regulations that comprise of technology protection mechanisms that filter internet access of children to obscene pictures and videos.
Moreover, copyright law protects the rights of authors against the unauthorized use of another person’s writings. Therefore, district schools should teach their students the importance of using their work.
Extracurricular activities as it relates to UIL regulations
The University Interscholastic League is a program that sponsors extracurricular activities. These activities comprise of club activities, public performances, demonstrations, contests, and displays. Activities are subject to provision as an extracurricular activity if the activity is competitive, is held in joint with another extracurricular activity, the general public is invited, and when an admission is charged.
Special groups.
The policy provides needs for groups with special needs. The programs for special groups entails suicide prevention programs which include a parental notification procedure for conflict resolution programs, and violence prevention.
Chapter 4 Assignment
Due process as it relates to employees.
Due process refers to the process of recognizing the employees’ rights of being informed about the unsatisfactory performance and ensuring that they have a chance to defend themselves and improve before an adversative employment action is carried on.
The types of employment arrangements
. Employment arrangements contain the terms and conditions of the agreement, as well as the rights and responsibilities of the employer and the employee. Types of employment arrangements include the following:
Permanent employment arrangement
Permanent employment arrangements apply to employees who work ordinary hours and are paid an hourly rate. The arrangements are progressing until fired by either the business or employer and will be in for the full maintenance effort. Employees on these arrangements qualify for the full scope of legal business rights.
Fixed-term arrangements
Fixed-term arrangements last for a precise volume of time, which has been set and decided in advance. Nevertheless, in some occurrences, fixed-term arrangements do not include an exact time frame, nonetheless, the arrangement ends when a particular duty has been accomplished. In this arrangement, the employees enjoy all of the rights and benefits, though aspects such as holiday privilege are contingent on the agreement.
Part-time arrangements
The part-time arrangement employee, despite holding a permanent employment position, usually works for only a few working hours than a permanent employee. However, they enjoy benefits that include a more flexible schedule, permitting them to fit their work around other pledges, and the chance to try out new roles without anyone interfering with their jobs.
Agency arrangements
Agency staff has their arrangements managed and agreed by a staffing agency. They frequently work on a provisional basis, and the length of their agreement depends on demand from the employer, as well as their availability.
Temporary arrangements
Temporary arrangements are offered when a contract is not estimated to become permanent. However, temporary employees are permitted to the same rights as any other affiliate of staff. Advantages of temporary arrangements comprise of the capability to accomplish work around other interests, better flexibility, and increasing skills within a given segment
Ways in which an employer and employee can end the working relationship
An employer and employee can end their working relationship through:
- Agreeing to terminate the employment- this arises in the case where the employer and the employee agree in accordance with the law to end the contract. For instance, in cases of terminating
- Automatic termination- the arrangement due to circumstances such as death may result in termination of the arrangement between the employer and the employee.
- Employee resignation:- this happens when the employee decides to breach the agreement by resigning from the employment.
- Termination by the employer- this occurs when the employer decides to terminate the contract of an employee by complying with the requirements of the contract.
Board Policy Assignment PART I
Types of policies
Types of policies include the following:
- Legal policies- Legal policies are policies that cite the current requirements. These are the policies that are reviewed but not adopted by the board.
- Local policies- Local policies are recommendations that require action and attention. These policies result from the district’s policies together with new laws. However, these recommendations need approval by the board before they are incorporated into the manual of the district’s policy. Moreover, the board may recommend the recommendations or make changes to them.
How polices are developed
Because policies are crucial, policy development, therefore, is approached in a way that is consistent to ensure the policy manual is updated and precisely addresses all the activities. Policy development entails the following:
- Call of TASB
This is consultant personnel who recognizes the area of concern, determines the best place to code the policy, point out redundancies of the policy with other policies in the manual, and identifies information that best suits the regulations.
- Adoption and Implementation
In this part, change is processed and placed into the policy line. The governing body stamps the policy and accepts the adoption date and incorporates the policy into the policy manual.
- Processing and Legal Advisories
The adopted policy is processed in three weeks, and if any legal requirement arises, it is addressed by the policy consultant in a letter that is sent by the Legal service to the district policy management.
Policy changes catalog
The steps for policy catalog include:
- Administrative Review- in this section the administration reviews the changes in order to understand the rationale and recommendations of the change.
- Making Changes– Here the policy consultant works with the district’s policy management, and gives the necessary answers to information to be recommended.
- Board Review– in this part the board holds a meeting in which the board reads the recommendations and makes a conclusion on them.
Board Policy Assignment part II:
Local polices
In Texas district, local policies were reviewed and adopted in 2014, to enhance wellness. These local policies include:
- EIC (Earned Income Credit) refers to the refundable tax credit in the district of Texas to moderate-income working citizens, specifically those with children.
- EIF (Enhanced Integrated Framework) is a trade-related assistance policy which, is the only multilateral partnership exclusively to assist the Texas district to use trade for sustainable growth.
- FNF (Full and final settlement) –this is the policy that is processed when an individual leaves employment in a company. The policy provides provisions for calculating the salary put on hold since the resignation period, and the allowances to be reimbursed.
- DGBA– The aim of this policy is to provide an orderly process for the resolution of complaints made by employees working within the Texas district.
Comparison and contrast of policies among districts
The policies between Texas and any other district in the United States are similar but differ in the way they are applied. The reason for this is because, district policies apply only to the people who work and live within those district territories, municipality, township, and cities. For instance, in this case, I did a comparison between Texas and California:
- DGBA policy is a local policy used both in Texas and California to provide timely and orderly resolution for employee’s complaints.
- EIC which applies to low and moderate-income individuals in Texas is similar to California, where it applies to moderate earners.
- FNF policy in Texas and California this policy is processed when an individual leaves employment in a company by aiding in processing the salary on hold and allowances being reimbursed.
- Both in Texas and California EIF policy aids the districts to grow sustainable through aiding multilateral partnership.