Policy Categories
Section A/B - Board Governance
This section contains policies that relate to the structure and foundation of the district and the organization, practices and procedures of the Board.
Section C - Administration
This section contains policies that pertain to the management of the district, the administrative structure, the superintendent and policy implementation.
Section D - Fiscal Management
This section contains policies that cover the management of district funds.
Section E - Support Services
This section contains policies which cover non-instructional programs and services.
Section F - Facilities
This section contains policies covering construction, remodeling and long-range planning.
Section G - Personnel
This section contains the Board's personnel policies and is divided into three sections:
GB - general personnel policies, covering all staff;
GC - licensed staff policies;
GD - support staff policies.
Section H - Negotiations
This section covers policies relating to the process of negotiations.
Due to Oregon law, no policies are needed in this section.
Section I - Instruction
This section contains policies relating to the instructional program, goals, curriculum, special education, TAG, alternative education, co-curricular/extracurricular activities, assessments and grading/credits.
Section J - Students (Section Under Review by Policy Committee)
This section contains policies dealing with admission, attendance, conduct and discipline and other student matters. Most policies dealing with student activities, however, are found in Section I.
Section K/L - Community Relations (Section Under Review by Policy Committee)
This section contains policies relating to relations with the general public, community organizations, public agencies and other educational organizations.
** As used in this policy, the term parent includes legal guardian or person in a parental relationship. The status and duties of a legal guardian are defined in ORS 125.005(4) and 125.300-125.325. The determination of whether an individual is acting in a parental relationship, for purposes of determining residency, depends on the evaluation of the factors listed in ORS 419B.373. The determination for other purposes depends on evaluation of those factors and a power of attorney executed pursuant to ORS 109.056. For special education students, parent also includes a surrogate parent, an adult student to whom rights have transferred and foster parent as defined in OAR 581-015-2000.
Acronym | Meaning of the Acronym |
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ACES | Alternative Center for Educational Success |
ACT | American College Testing |
ADA | Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 USC.§ 12101 et seq) |
ADAPT | Alcohol & Drug Abuse Prevention & Treatment |
ADD | Attention Deficit Disorder |
ADHD | Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
ALJ | Administrative Law Judge |
ARRA | American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 |
AYP | Adequate Yearly Progress |
BD | Behavior Disorder |
BIP | Behavior Intervention Plan |
BMP | Behavior Management Plan |
CAPD | Central Auditory Processing Delay |
CASA | Court Appointed Special Advocate |
CDS | Child Development Specialist |
CER | Comprehensive Evaluation Report |
CRP | Complaint Resolution Procedure (34 CFR §§ 300.660-300.662) |
CSE | Committee on Special Education |
CSPD | Comprehensive System of Personnel Development |
DD | Developmentally Delayed |
DOJ | US Department of Justice |
DLC | Developmental Learning Center |
E/BD | Emotional and/or Behavior Disorder |
ECSE | Early Childhood Special Education (kindergarten-3) |
ED | Emotional Disturbance |
EDGAR | Education Department General Administrative Regulations |
EHA | Education of the Handicapped Act of 1975 (20 USC § 1400 et seq) |
EI | Early Intervention (birth to 3) |
EI/ECS | Early Intervention / Early Childhood Special Education |
ESA | Educational Service Agency |
ESEA | Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 |
ESY | Extended School Year |
ELL/ESL | English Language Learner/English as a Second Language |
ELO | Extended Learning Opportunities |
FAPE | Free Appropriate Public Education |
FBA | Functional Behavioral Assessment |
FERPA | Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (21 USC § 1232g) |
FEOG | Family Policy Compliance Office, US Department of Education |
FTE | Full-time Equivalent |
GED | General Educational Development |
GEPA | General Education Provisions Act |
HCPA | Handicapped Children’s Protection Act |
HI | Home Instruction |
IDEA | Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 USC § 1400 et seq) |
IAES | Interim Alternative Educational Setting |
IEE | Independent Educational Evaluation |
IEP | Individual Education Program |
IEU | Intermediate Educational Unit |
IFSP | Individualized Family Service Plan |
IHO | Impartial Hearing Officer |
Insight | Insight School of Oregon |
ISS | In-School Suspension |
LEA | Local Educational Agency |
LEP | Limited-English Proficient |
LOF | Letter of Findings |
LRC | Learning Resource Center |
LRE | Least Restrictive Environment |
MBD | Minimal Brain Dysfunction |
MD | Manifestation Determination |
MDT | Multi-disciplinary Team |
MTI | Multi-tiered Instruction |
NCLB | No Child Left Behind |
NORA | Notice of Recommended Assignment |
OAR | Oregon Administrative Rules |
OCR | Office of Civil Rights, US Department of Education |
OSEP | Office of Special Education Programs, US Department of Education |
OSERS | Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, US Department of Education |
OJT | On the Job Training |
ODD | Oppositional Defiant Disorder |
ODE | Oregon Department of Education |
OHI | Other Health Impairment |
OJJDP | Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, US Department of Education |
ORS | Oregon Revised Statutes |
OT | Occupational Therapy |
PBIS | Positive Behavior and Instructional Support |
PDD | Pervasive Development Disorder |
PSAT | Preliminary Scholastic Assessment Test |
PT | Physical Therapy |
RTI | Response to Intervention |
SAT | Scholastic Assessment Test |
SEA | State Educational Agency |
SECC | Special Education Child Count |
SED | Serious Emotional Disturbance |
SET | School-wide Evaluation Tool (behavior) |
SIP | School-based Improvement Plan |
SLD | Specific Learning Disability |
SLP | Speech and Language Pathologist |
SPR&I | Systems Performance Review and Improvement |
SRC | Secondary Resource Center |
SRO | School Resource Officer |
SST | Student Success Team |
SWIS | School-wide Information System |
TAG | Talented and Gifted Education |
TAP | Turn Around Program |
TBI | Traumatic Brain Injury |
TRO | Temporary Restraining Order |
VI | Visually Impaired |
VR | Vocational Rehabilitation |
YPP | Young Parents Program |