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Policy

Establishing and maintaining effective, clearly-written policy is a board's foremost responsibility and supporting board policy development is a primary mission of OSBA. Our services include policy drafting and maintenance that meet your specific needs.

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Policy Services

OSBA offers effective model sample board policies that includes policy drafting and maintenance that can meet your specific needs. Call today for support with board governance through policy.

Policy manual services
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Policy Subscriptions

OSBA's policy subscriptions keep the board apprised of changes in law, and helps members maintain the board's policy manual.

Policy subscriptions
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Model Handbooks and Calendar

We have done the legwork and created templates of the staff and student handbooks (districts and charters) and a key dates calendar (districts only) that members can personalize. Purchase and download yours today.

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Policy manual resources

A policy glossary

  • Board policy
  • Administrative regulation
  • Policy manual structure
  • Policy versions
  • Policy coding
  • Required, conditionally required, highly recommended or optional
  • Bracketed and braced language in policy
  • Asterisks in the policy's title
  • Policy adoption
  • Policy manual distribution
Sample policy resources

Sample policy examples

  • Every Student Belongs: Updated Model policy ACB and ACB-AR
    New legislation from the 2021 Legislature and updated rules from ODE requires districts, ESDs and public charter schools to adopt policies and procedures prohibiting hate symbols and requiring a procedure to address bias incidents.
Other policy resources
  • Division 22 Standards policy guide
    Do you have the policies needed to sign your Division 22 standards assurance?
  • BoardBook® - conducting paperless board meetings
    Increase community support while saving time and money by streamlining assembly and distribution of meeting notices, packets and minutes.
  • Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA)
    The Children’s Internet Protections Act (CIPA) is a federal law enacted by Congress to address concerns about access to offensive content over the Internet, on school and library computers.
  • Code of conduct for school board members
    This information is from Boardsmanship For Oregon School Board Members, which explains what it takes to be an Oregon school board member.
  • Planning for a pandemic
    Information about why and how districts should develop and implement pandemic and outbreak preparedness plans.
  • Pandemic threats: policy issues
    Policy questions every institution should ask to prepare for pandemic threats.

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Policy services

Our services include comprehensive policy drafting and maintenance that meet legal requirements and your specific needs.

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