Policy Service
Expert assistance with policy development and maintenance is available at a low cost through TASB
Policy Service. Members of this service receive policy advisories and alerts, tool kits, samples, and other essential resources.The centerpiece of Policy Service membership is the TASB Policy Reference Manual, a comprehensive, regularly updated collection of federal and state laws and regulations that affect school district governance. This manual serves as the springboard for localized policy manuals in almost all Texas school districts.
Policy Service members have access to a number of special-topic resources:
- Model Student Code of Conduct, the basis for locally adopted Student Codes of Conduct throughout the state (available in English and Spanish)
- Model Student Handbook, adjustable to suit a member district's particular practices (annually updated)
- Chapter 37 Offenses and Consequences Chart, a guide to help school officials determine appropriate disciplinary responses
Various publications specific to understanding, maintaining, and developing policy are available as well.
For online publication of an individual board's policy documents, Policy On Line is the answer. This Web-based tool for publishing TASB localized policy manuals ensures the following:
- Easy access to a district's manual
- Up-to-date information
- Speedy research with full-text search tools
- Less time and expense than dealing with hard copy
- Simple distribution of district policies
TASB Policy Service offers Policy Review Seminars and in-district auditing to retrain manual users and help maintain the necessary periodic overhauls of manuals. Consultant/analysts are just a call away for help with policy issues.