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Policy analysis

An analysis is a review and assessment of a school district, education service district, charter school or community college board’s policy manual. On a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, district policies and administrative rules are listed along with of the following findings:

1. Policy/administrative rule is adequate. 
2. Recommend policy/administrative rule be reviewed and/or revised. 
3. Policy/administrative rule is missing and is required by state/federal statute or administrative rule. 
4. Policy/administrative rule is missing and is highly recommended. 
5. Recommend deleting policy/administrative rule. 

The spreadsheet file you receive allows you to sort and filter the analysis matrix as you please. You can quickly filter the list to see how many required policies you are missing or how many policies and administrative rules need to be reviewed.

An OSBA specialist is prepared to discuss the analysis results with the board and administrators by highlighting major strengths and areas of concern. This usually is done at a board meeting. The school district, education service district, charter school or community college board’s can request up to 10 OSBA sample board policies as a result of the analysis.

If the analysis indicates the need for additional policy work, the specialist can discuss options, exploring both district (i.e., school district, ESD, charter school) or community college resources and/or OSBA rewrite services.

The fee for the analysis will be deducted from a rewrite fee if the district (i.e., school district, ESD, charter school) or community college pursues OSBA’s full policy manual rewrite within one year of the analysis.

An analysis is a perfect way to document the current status and needs of your policy manual.

Price information

Contact OSBA staff to inquire about pricing.