Policy News

CSBA’s Policy News is published five times a year in conjunction with the release of sample policies, providing current and topical policy information to board members, superintendents, and staff in school districts and county offices of education.

Issues:

• December 2017 
• October 2017
• July 2017
• May 2017
• March 2017 

Policies in Review

This annual publication provides a comprehensive overview of the major policy changes throughout the last year.

• 2016 Policies in Review (2/17)

Policy briefs, advisories and fact sheets

*Denotes CSBA sample policy only available to GAMUT subscribers. For more information regarding this service please email policy@csba.org.

• Attendance Options
  Frequently Asked Questions: Open Enrollment Act for low-achieving schools as added by SBX5 4/Romero (12/10)
• 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)
• Complaint Procedures
  Guide to Complaint Procedures (1/15)
• Conflict of Interest
  Conflict of Interest Fact Sheet (08/10)
• Employees
  *BP 4033 - Lactation Accommodation 
• Foster Youth 
  *BP/AR 6173.1 – Education for Foster Youth 
• Local Control Funding Formula
  Policy Brief: Impact of Local Control Funding Formula on Board Policies
• School Safety
  Recent Legislation on Cyberbullying: AB 256 (4/14)
  Cyberbullying in Schools: Policy Considerations for Boards (7/10)
• Suicide Prevention
  *BP/AR 5141.52 - Suicide Prevention
• Summer Learning Programs
  Fact Sheet: Summer Learning Programs: Implications of the LCFF (3/14)
  Policy Brief: Summer learning survey examines district practices, plans and perceptions (2/14)
  Summer Learning Series Issue 1: Why do summer learning and wellness programs matter? (4/13)
  Summer Learning Series Issue 2: What constitutes an effective summer program? (5/13)
  Summer Learning Series Issue 3: How can boards provide leadership and funding for summer programs? (5/13)
  Policy Brief: School's Out, Now What?: How summer programs are improving student learning and wellness (4/13)
  BP 6177 Summer Learning Programs
• Technology
  A New Approach to Technology Policies (8/12)
• Transgender
  Final legal guidance on AB 1266 - Transgender Students; see Fact Sheets (3/20/14)
  Policy Brief: Providing a Safe, Nondiscriminatory School Environment for Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Students (2/14)

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)
• Influenza
  Swine Flu Fact Sheet (4/09) 
  Pandemic Influenza (9/07)
• Nutrition
  Increased Access to Drinking Water in Schools (4/13)
  Expanding School Breakfast Programs to Improve Student Learning (7/11) 
  Providing Access to Nutritious Meals During Summer (6/10) 
  Policy Brief: Nutrition Standards for Schools: Implications for Student Wellness (4/12) 
  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  
  BP/AR 3552 - Summer Meal Program 
  *BP 5030 Student Wellness 
• Oral Health
  Promoting oral health for California’s students: New roles, new opportunities for schools (11/08)
• Physical Education/Physical Activity
  Fact Sheet: New study examines best practices for supporting physical activity in schools (8/13)
  Policy Brief: Safe Routes to School: Program and policy strategies (9/09)        
  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)
• Sample Policies: Physical Education and Activity
  *BP/AR 6142.7 Physical Education and Activity
  *BP 1330.1 Joint Use Agreements
• Sample Policies: Safe Routes to School Program
  
• 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 
  Sun Safety in Schools (7/06)
• Wellness
  School Wellness Policy Development, Implementation and Evaluation Research Report (4/08)