Actor

Action

Superintendent

Manages the process for the Board to receive PRESS updates to policies. 

Manages the Board’s compliance with the Open Meetings Act. Ensures that, as appropriate, the agendas for the Board Policy Committee and School Board include discussion and list action to consider, adopt, or revise Board policies and Board exhibits. 

Manages the process for approving new or revised administrative procedures, administrative procedure exhibits and changes to employee and student handbooks.

Communicates all policy and administrative procedure revisions or adoptions as appropriate to staff members, parents, students, and community members.

Superintendent or Superintendent’s Secretary

Updates the District’s Roster as follows:

1. Go to iasb.com and click on the Member Login button.

2. Log in using your email address and password.:  If you do not know your password, use the “forgot your password?” link.

3. At the bottom of your Profile page, Click on Districts You Manage and then the District name.

4. Review and verify or change the District’s existing records.  Ensure that all current board members, administrators, and anyone else on staff who accesses PRESS are listed with their current email addresses.

Designated support staff

Logs in to PRESS Online as follows:

1. Go to iasb.com and click on the Member Login button.

2. Log in using your email address and password.  If you do not know your password, use the “forgot your password?” link.

3. Under “My Account Links,” click “PRESS Login.”

To each member of the Policy Committee, (full Board,): or other interested school official, emails or otherwise distributes the following: 

1. PRESS Update Memo;

2. PRESS video tTutorial link at:  iasb.com/policy;

3. Committee worksheets and 

4. Current District policy in relevant areas. 

As appropriate, includes new and revised policies in the Board meeting packets.

After a policy is adopted or revised, updates the District’s policy manual master electronic file and adds or updates adoption dates.

Archives previous version of revised policy.

Follows district process for updating paper and online manuals.

Considers distributing PRESS Update Memo to Building Principals.

Policy Committee (or Full Board)

Considers each PRESS update. Reviews all footnote changes.

Decides which changes require School Board discussion and which are appropriate as consent agenda items. 

The following are appropriate for the consent agenda: changes to the Legal References and Cross References, and minor policy edits that do not require Board discussion.

Requests review of recommended revisions by the Board Attorney, as appropriate. 

Presents recommendations regarding PRESS updates to the Board at a regularly scheduled meeting.

Full Board

Conducts a first reading of the policies that are recommended for adoption or revision. 

During the next regular meeting, conducts a second reading.

A second reading allows the Board to hear feedback from interested parties, including staff, parents, students, and community members; however, State law does not require two readings.

After the second reading, consider and take action to approve the policies at a duly convened open meeting.

Assistant Superintendents, Directors, Building Principals, and supervisory employees

Reads PRESS Update Memo (if applicable), and adopted policies, follows the Superintendent’s process for updating administrative procedures, and makes necessary changes to employee and student handbooks within their assigned building(s). 

Anyone

For further clarification, views the online tutorial for PRESS, available at iasb.com/policy.