                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

STANDARD 7. SCHOOL BOARD POLICIES (§ 22.1-253.13:7)

A. Each local school board shall develop policies and procedures to address
complaints of sexual abuse of a student by a teacher or other school board
employee.

B. Each local school board shall maintain and follow up-to-date policies. All
school board policies shall be reviewed at least every five years and revised as
needed.

C. Each local school board shall ensure that policies are developed giving
consideration to the views of teachers, parents, and other concerned citizens
and addressing the following:

   1. A system of two-way communication between employees and the local school
   board and its administrative staff whereby matters of concern can be discussed
   in an orderly and constructive manner;

   2. The selection and evaluation of all instructional materials purchased by
   the school division, with clear procedures for handling challenged
   controversial materials;

   3. The standards of student conduct and attendance and enforcement procedures
   designed to provide that public education be conducted in an atmosphere free
   of disruption and threat to persons or property and supportive of individual
   rights;

   4. School-community communications and community involvement;

   5. Guidelines to encourage parents to provide instructional assistance to
   their children in the home, which may include voluntary training for the
   parents of children in grades K through three;

   6. Information about procedures for addressing concerns with the school
   division and recourse available to parents pursuant to &#xA7; 22.1-87;

   7. A cooperatively developed procedure for personnel evaluation appropriate to
   tasks performed by those being evaluated; and

   8. Grievances, dismissals, etc., of teachers, and the implementation procedure
   prescribed by the General Assembly and the Board of Education, as provided in
   Article 3 (&#xA7; 22.1-306 et seq.) of Chapter 15, and the maintenance of
   copies of such procedures.

D. A current copy of all school division policies and regulations approved by
the local school board, including the Student Conduct Policy, shall be posted on
the division&#8217;s website and shall be available to employees and to the
public. School boards shall ensure that printed copies of such policies and
regulations are available as needed to citizens who do not have online access.

E. An annual announcement shall be made in each division at the beginning of the
school year and, for parents of students enrolling later in the academic year,
at the time of enrollment, advising the public that the policies are available
in such places.

HISTORY: 1988, cc. 645, 682, 754; 1990, c. 291; 1992, c. 591; 2004, cc. 939,
955; 2007, c. 234; 2008, cc. 474, 827; 2013, c. 301.