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Welcome to the Pasadena
Independent School
District’s Policy On-Line. In an effort to communicate
effectively with its publics, the Board of Trustees has made copies of its
policy manual available through the internet for public viewing.
The Policy On-Line
contains policies governing the operation of the Pasadena Independent
School District. The
polices are included because they are required by law or by the Texas
Education Agency; because they are recommended by the Texas Association of
School Boards as essential to the effective governance and management of
the district; or because the Board wishes to make a statement in a
particular policy area.
The manual adheres to
certain structural conventions. The most visible of these conventions is
the presence of (LEGAL) and (LOCAL) polices at many policy codes. The
separation makes a distinction between the requirements of an extensive
body of school law and the policy determinations of the Board of
Trustees. In
understanding district policy, the users should take both legal and local
policies as a whole.
LEGALLY
REFERENCED POLICIES Legal policies track the language of the U.S. and Texas Constitutions, federal and
state statutes, including the Texas Education Code, Texas attorney general opinions, State
Board of Education rules and other sources of legal authority. The legal
policies within the on-line manual represent the working core of legal
provisions, critical to day-to-day, month-to-month decision making
regarding district governance and management. The absence of a legal policy
at a given policy code may mean either that the law is silent regarding
this topic or that the law bearing on such topic will be found only in the
TASB Policy Reference Manual available in the superintendent’s office.
All legally referenced
policies have the designation (LEGAL) in the upper right hand corner of
each page directly below the alphabetical code.
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LOCAL
POLICIES Local
policies are identified by the designation (LOCAL) directly below the
alphabetical code in the upper right corner of each page. Local polices
that are preceded by a legal policy in the same code generally expand on,
or qualify, the legally referenced provisions. Other local polices stand
alone, portraying the Board’s state intentions in areas not otherwise addressed
by law.
EXHIBITS
Exhibits are pages with forms and notices that may be used by the district.
While not formally adopted by the Board, they are included to assist in the
implementation of policy. Exhibits have the designation (EXHIBIT) directly
below the policy code in the upper right corner.
REGULATIONS Pasadena ISD chooses to supplement some
of its policies with regulations that define administrative procedures to
assist in the implementation of policy. These are contained in a special
section and are designated by a "-R" added to the policy
code found in the upper right hand
corner, i.e., DEC-R (LOCAL).
COPYING
FROM INTERNET To print a copy of a policy from Policy On-Line, move the
cursor to the body of text anywhere within the policy and click. This
activates the screen. Then, click on your print button.
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION If
you have questions concerning Board policy, please contact Candace
Ahlfinger, Associate Superintendent of Communications and Community
Relations, at 1515 Cherrybrook, Pasadena, Texas
77502, or by calling (713) 740-0000, or e-mail at cahlfinger@pasadenaisd.org.
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