Policies of a school district have the full force and effect of law and legally bind the school district. Wessington Springs Ed. Assoc. v. Wessington springs Sch. Dist., 467 N.W. 2d 101 (S.D. 1991).
By Gerry Kaufman, ASBSD Director of Policy & Legal Services
Six ASBSD sample policies have been updated to reflect the recent enactment of the ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act).
“These updates eliminated references to NCLB (No Child Left Behind) in the policy text and legal references, and replaced those references with ESSA,” Kaufman said.
The affected policies are:
- AC: Nondiscrimination in Federal Programs
- GBL: Personnel Records
- IGBC: Limited English Proficiency Instruction
- JOA-E (2): Student Directory Information Opt Out
- KMB: Title I Parent Involvement
For questions related to the sample policies, contact Kaufman at gkaufman@asbsd.org or at 605-773-2513.
To access the new sample policy and accompanying forms, school board members and administrators must login to the ASBSD Policy Services Website at http://policy.asbsd.org. Your district’s login and password information has been previously provided to your district’s administration.
If you are not able to access the online policy manual, please contact your district’s administration or ASBSD Policy Services Associate Kay Thompson-Tieszen at kay@asbsd.org.