Cape Elizabeth School Department | School Board Policy Index

Section	Section Title
A	Foundations and Basic Committments – The District’s legal role in providing public education and the basic principles underlying school board governance. These policies provide a setting for all of the school board’s other policies and regulations.
B	Board Governance and Operations – The school board – how it is elected; how it is organized; how it conducts meetings, and how the board operates. This section includes policies establishing the board’s internal operating procedures.
C	General School Administration – School management, administrative organization, and school building and department administration – including the administrative aspect of special programs and system wide reforms such as school – or site-based management. It also houses personnel policies for the superintendent and executive team.
D	Fiscal Management – School finances and the management of funds, material resources, purchasing and warehousing. Policies on the financing of school construction and renovation, however, are filed in Section F, Facilities Development.
E	Support Services –Non-instructional services and programs, particularly those on business management such as safety, building, and grounds management, office services, transportation, and food services.
F	Facilities Development – Facility planning, financing, construction and renovation. It also includes the topics of temporary facilities and school closings.
G	Personnel – Personal Polices for all school employees except for the superintendent and executive team.
H	Negotiations – The process of negotiating with bargaining units recognized by the school board and authorized under state law.
I	Instruction – The instructional program: basic curricular subjects; special programs, instructional resources, evaluation of programs, and academic achievement.
J	Students – Admissions, attendance, rights and responsibilities, conduct, discipline, health and welfare, and school-related activities.
K	School Community Relations – Parent and community involvement in schools. Statements on public sector relations with the District, except for policies concerning education agencies.
Each section has its own family of subcategories - codes that are accompanied by descriptor terms that identify titles for policy statements. The first letter identifies the section. Within each section there are subcategories with a broad policy followed by related policies with more details.

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