Policy Committee

Purpose of the Committee: District 53, like most organizations, has a policy manual with many policies that provide guidance to the administration and the board on how many common activities should be conducted. Many of these policies are required and constrained by federal or state law. As these laws are changed or as previously unforeseen conditions develop, existing policies have to be modified or new policies have to be written. This committee works with the Superintendent to craft potential policy language that the committee will forward to the full board for their review and possible adoption.

Committee Structure: The Superintendent acts as the secretary of the committee and usually also acts as the principle editor of policy language. Past practice has been to have a staff member (usually faculty) from each school building as continuing members of the committee to help provide continuity and institutional memory.

Committee Membership: Present board membership is Stanley Pruss, chair, and Ameeta Bajaj. Other board members attend as they have time.

Specific facts, figures, and history: There are nearly 200 policies divided in the Policy manual into 10 sections. It has been a goal of the present chair for over six years to have the entire policy manual accessible from the web. Those policies should be available online soon.

 

Jan 5, 2006 Meeting Agenda

Policy Committee Members

Chair: Dr. Stanley Pruss

Member: Ameeta Bajaj

Faculty Representative: Mary Haley

Faculty Representative: Carolyn Heiney