Colorado law requires local boards of education to adopt policies and prescribe rules and regulations necessary and proper for the efficient administration of the affairs of the district. C.R.S. 22-32-109.
Policy Services
CASB offers a menu of policy services designed to promote effective school board governance and assist boards with their essential policy role.
Dues-Supported Services
As a benefit of membership, districts receive the following:
- Unlimited phone and email consultations with policy staff
- Sample policies upon request
- Review of individual policies upon request
- Comprehensive list of policies required by law and highly recommended for board adoption
- Policy Manual Audit Service – spot check of board's policy manual for legally required and highly recommended policies
Frequently Requested Forms/Lists
Includes a comprehensive list of policies required by law or highly recommended for Board adoption and a list of policies to distribute to students/parents annually.
Dues-Supported Services: Free to CASB members
Policy Support Services (PSS)
Provides a user-friendly, informative and comprehensive approach to keeping policies up-to-date and includes:
- CASB Core Policy Online - an invaluable resource that allows users to search CASB's sample policies online and includes links to current state statutes and regulations.
- BOCES Policy Online - an invaluable resource that allows users to search Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) sample policies online and includes links to current state statutes and regulations.
- Special Policy Update - a newsletter to alert boards and staff to time-sensitive or hot-topic policy issues that require immediate attention. Special Policy Update also provides pertinent policy updates to CASB's sample policies.
Policy Support Services: Please call for current service fees
Core Sample Policy Package – School Districts
A comprehensive, attorney-reviewed, sample policy manual that includes all legally required policies, as well as numerous other policies addressing virtually every issue likely to arise in a public school district.
This package is recommended for boards wanting a set of policies to function as a guide to all practices. Formatted in the NSBA letter-coding system, the Core is a starting point for board policy. As with any off-the-shelf product, it is crucial that the board customize the manual. The manual will be provided in electronic format.
Core Sample Policy Package: Please call for current service fees
BOCES Sample Policy Package – BOCES
For Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), CASB partners with the Colorado BOCES Association to offer the BOCES Manual. This comprehensive, attorney-reviewed, sample policy manual includes all legally required policies as well as numerous other policies addressing BOCES-specific issues.
This package is recommended for BOCES boards wanting a set of policies to function as a guide to all practices. Formatted in the NSBA letter-coding system, the BOCES manual is a starting point for BOCES policy. As with any off-the-shelf product, it is crucial that each BOCES customize the manual. The manual will be provided in electronic format.
BOCES Sample Policy Package: Please call for current service fees
Policy Manual Purchase & Overview Edits Project
CASB works with the board and staff to create a comprehensive, customized policy manual, using CASB’s Core or BOCES Sample Policy Manual as a starting point.
Policy Manual Purchase & Overview Edits Project: Please call for current service fees
Policy Manual Overhaul Project
CASB works with the board and staff to create a comprehensive, customized policy manual, using the District or BOCES’s original policy manual as a starting point and incorporates CASB’s Core/BOCES Sample Policy Manual to edit and bring up to date.
Policy Manual Overhaul Project: Please call for current service fees
Online District Policy Maintenance Service (ODPM)
This service transforms the board's policy manual into a user-friendly, online policy collection. CASB hosts the manual and performs all updates at the district's request.
Online District Policy Maintenance Service: Please call for current service fees
Policy Training Sessions
CASB offers policy training sessions on a variety of district specific topics.
Policy Training: Priced according to CASB's session fee schedule
Policy Governance® Services
CASB provides comprehensive facilitation and consultation enabling the board to establish a new framework for effective governance under the Policy Governance model. The service includes development of policies in the areas of executive limitations, governance process, board/superintendent relations, and "end results" for students. Training on engagement strategies and development of a community engagement plan are also available.
Policy Governance Services: Please call for current service fees
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