SBDM
School-based Decision Making Councils
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Updated Regularly
Updated May 2023
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Policies and Bylaws
Legally-Required Policies
Updated July 30, 2023
Advanced Courses (MS & HS Only)
Alignment with State Standards
Committees
Consultation
Curriculum
Discipline/Classroom Management/Safety
Emergency Management
Enhancing Student Achievement
Extracurricular Programs
Instructional/Non-Instructional Staff Time Assignment
Instructional Practices
Parent and Family Engagement (Title I Schools Only)
Program Appraisal
School Day/Week Schedule
School Space Use
Student Assignment
Technology Use
Wellness (ES Only)
Bylaws are not required by law, but they are necessary.
Recommended Policies by KASC
Updated July 30, 2023
Budget and Spending Decisions
Primary K-3
Suggested Policies by KASC
Updated July 30, 2023
Classroom Assessment
Parent and Family engagement (non-Title I Schools)
Wellness (MS & HS)
Discontinued Policies
Updated July 30, 2023
Principal Selection - In 2022-2023 the Principal Selection Consultation policy replaced the Principal Selection policy. Legislation changed, making this the superintendent's decision.
Writing Program - In 2022 The Curriculum policy replaced the Writing policy.
School Improvement - This was a KASC-recommended policy from 2020. The Program Appraisal policy has pretty much
Professional Development - This was a KASC-recommended policy from 2020. I suspect it's no longer recommended because each district's/school's Certified Evaluation Plan (CEP) governs this to a significant degree.
Sample Policies
Updated July 30, 2023
KASC Samples - I've converted KASC's sample policies to Google Docs format, and edited them to better match our needs. I update these in July each year, but you can check KASC's website for more recent versions.
KDE Samples - KDE also has sample policies. In my opinion they aren't as readable, they aren't updated as frequently, and they are only available in PDF format so aren't easily editable.
KDE Sample Policies (pp. 110-148)