What's New

• April Policy News (4/12) 
• Policy Brief: Nutrition Standards for Schools: Implications for Student Wellness (4/12) 
• Policy Brief: Conditions of Children-Safe Schools (3/12) 
• Policy Advisory: March 15 Notices (3/12)
• 2011 Policies in Review (2/12) 

Attendance Options

• Fact sheet: Transfer law comparison (3/11)
• Frequently Asked Questions: Open Enrollment Act for low-achieving schools as added by SBX5 4/Romero (12/10)
• CSBA's sample BP/AR/E 5118 - Open Enrollment Act Transfers (11/10) 

Categorical Flexibility

• Policy Advisory: Policy Implications of Categorical Program Flexibility (12/09)

Chronic Absence/Truancy

• Policy Brief: Improving Student Achievement by Addressing Chronic Absence (12/10) 

Community Schools

• Community Schools: Partnerships supporting students, families and communities (10/10)

Conflict of Interest

• Conflict of Interest Fact Sheet (08/10)

Employees

• BP 4033 - Lactation Accommodation (7/11)

Foster Youth

• CSBA’s sample policy for foster youth:  BP/AR 6173.1 – Education for Foster Youth (11/10) 
• Educating Foster Youth: Best practices and board considerations (3/08)

Instructional Materials

• Sample Exhibit: Resolution on Sufficiency of Textbooks or Instructional Materials (11/10) 

Parent Involvement

CSBA has developed a policy brief, worksheet and sample policies and administrative regulation to help districts fulfill the requirement to develop policies on parent involvement.  To see these resources, visit our section on Parent Involvement Policies.

Parental Notification

• BP 5022(a) Student and family privacy rights (3/11) 

School Safety 

• Cyberbullying in Schools: Policy Considerations for Boards (7/10)
• Providing a Safe, Nondiscriminatory School Environment for All Students (4/10)

Student Health

Asthma

• Green Schools: An Overview of Key Policy Issues (11/09)
• Indoor Air Quality Resources: EPA’s Tools for Schools, Fact Sheet (3/09)
• Indoor Air Quality: Governing Board Actions for Creating Healthy School Environments (7/08)
• Asthma Management in the Schools (3/08)

HIV/AIDS and Sexual Health Instruction

• CSBA’s sample BP/AR 6142.1 – Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Prevention Instruction (7/08)

Influenza

• Swine Flu Fact Sheet (4/09) 
• Pandemic Influenza (9/07)
  

Mental Health

• Mental Health Services Act (Proposition 63) (10/07)

Nutrition

• Expanding School Breakfast Programs to Improve Student Learning (7/11) 
• Providing Access to Nutritious Meals During Summer (6/10) 
• Nutrition Standards for Schools (10/07) 
• Food Safety Requirements (10/07) 
• School Based Marketing of Food and Beverages (3/06)

Selected CSBA sample policies on nutrition and food safety

• BP/AR 3550 Food Service/Child Nutrition Program (revised 3/11)
• BP/AR 3552 - Summer Meal Program (7/10)
• BP 5030 Student Wellness (revised 7/11) 

Oral Health

• Promoting oral health for California’s students: New roles, new opportunities for schools (11/08)

Physical Education/Physical Activity

• Sample Policies: Physical Education and Activity
  BP 6142.7: Physical Education and Activity
  AR 6142.7: Physical Education and Activity
• Sample Policies: Safe Routes to School Program
  BP 5142.2: Safe Routes to School Program
  AR 5142.2: Safe Routes to School Program
  
• Policy Brief: Safe Routes to School: Program and policy strategies (9/09)        
• Sample Policy: Joint Use Agreements
• Fact Sheet: Active Bodies, Active Minds - Physical Activity and Academic Achievement (2/10)
• Policy Brief: Maximizing Opportunities for Physical Activity through Joint Use of Facilities (2/10)
• Fact Sheet: Maximizing Opportunities for Physical Activity during the School Day  (11/09)
• Fact Sheet: Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity in Physical Education to Improve Health and Academic Outcomes (11/09)
• PA/PE Policy Brief: A survey of district/county office of education perceptions and practices (updated 4/10)
• Physical Education and California Schools (10/07)

Steroids

• Steroids And Students: What Boards Need To Know (07/05)

School Health Services

• Policy Brief: Expanding access to school health services: Policy considerations for governing boards (11/08)

Sun Safety

• BP 5147.7: Sun safety (7/06)
• Sun Safety in Schools (7/06)

Wellness

• School Wellness Policy Development, Implementation and Evaluation
• Research Implications for School Board Members  (5/08)
• Research Implications for State Public Health Nutrition Directors and School Wellness Advocates (5/08)
• Research Implications for State School Boards Association Leaders (5/08)

Transitional Kindergarten

• CSBA sample policy BP 6170.1 - Transitional Kindergarten (11/11)
• Policy Brief: Transitional Kindergarten (7/11)

Williams Settlement

• Sample regulation, classroom notice and complaint form:  AR/E  1312.4 – Williams Uniform Complaint Procedures (11/10) 
• Williams settlement and the emergency repair plan (1/08)