Policy Documents

⬇️ Download the entire Northfield School District policy manual updated 10.29.2024

School District

• Policy 102 – Equal Educational Opportunity
  • Policy 102 – Procedures
• Policy 103 – Concerns or Complaint Resolution
  • Policy 103 – Procedures
  • Policy 103 – Resolution Process Summary Document
• Policy 104 – Northfield School District Vision, Strategic Commitments and Benchmarks

Board of Education

• Policy 203 – Operation of the School Board – Bylaws
• Policy 206 – Public Participation in School Board Meetings
• Policy 207 – Public Hearings
• Policy 208 – Development, Adoption and Implementation of Policies
  • Policy 208 – Procedures
• Policy 209 – Code of Ethics
• Policy 210 – Conflict of Interest – School Board Members
• Policy 210.1 – Charter School Board Members and Authorizer Conflict of Interest
• Policy 211 – Criminal or Civil Action Against School District, School Board Member, Employee or Student
• Policy 212 – School Board Member Development
• Policy 214 – Out-of-State Travel by School Board Members

Administration

• Policy 301 – School District Administration
• Policy 302 – Superintendent
• Policy 303 – Superintendent Selection
• Policy 304 – Superintendent Contract, Duties, and Evaluation
• Policy 305 – Policy Implementation
• Policy 306 – Administrator Code of Ethics

Personnel

• Policy 401 – Equal Employment Opportunity
• Policy 402 – Disability Nondiscrimination Policy
• Policy 403 – Discipline, Suspension, and Dismissal of School District Employees
• Policy 404 – Employment Background Checks
  • Policy 404 – Background Screening Standards
• Policy 405 – Veteran’s Preference
• Policy 406 – Public and Private Personnel Data
  • Policy 406 – Form – Employee Authorization for release of information
• Policy 407 – Employee Right to Know – Exposure to Hazardous Substances
• Policy 408 – Subpoena of a School District Employee
• Policy 409 – Employee Publications, Instructional Materials, Inventions and Creations
• Policy 410 – Family and Medical Leave
• Policy 411 – Disability Period after Childbirth
• Policy 412 – Expense Reimbursement
  • Policy 412 – Procedures
• Policy 413 – Harassment and Violence
  • Policy 413 – Procedures
  • Policy 413 – Report Form (Title IX/Harassment/Violence)
• Policy 414 – Mandated Reporting of Child Neglect or Physical or Sexual Abuse
  • Policy 414 – Report Form
• Policy 415 – Mandated Reporting of Maltreatment of Vulnerable Adults
  • Policy 415 – Procedures
• Policy 417 – Chemical Use and Abuse
• Policy 418 – Drug-Free Workplace/Drug-Free School
• Policy 419 – Tobacco-Free Environment: Possession and Use of Tobacco, Tobacco-Related Devices, and Electronic Delivery Devices; Vaping Awareness and Prevention Instruction
• Policy 420 – Students and Employees With Sexually Transmitted Infections and Diseases and Certain Other Communicable Diseases or Infectious Diseases
• Policy 421 – Gifts to Employees and School Board Members
• Policy 422 – Policies Incorporated by Reference
• Policy 423 – Employee-Student Relationships
• Policy 424 – License Status
  • Policy 424 – Procedures
• Policy 425 – Staff Development and Mentoring
• Policy 426 – Employee Assistance
• Policy 427– Workload Limits for Certain Special Education Teachers
• Policy 428 – District Medical Emergency Leave Bank
  • Policy 428 – Medical Emergency Leave Allowance Bank Enrollment Form
• Policy 430 – Recruitment and Selection of Employees
  • Policy 430 – Procedures
• Policy 434 – Job Sharing
  • Policy 434 – Procedures
  • Policy 434 – Application Form
• Policy 436 – Professional Staff Performance Evaluation
• Policy 437 – Evaluation of NonLicensed Personnel
  • Policy 437 – Procedures
• Policy 438 – Student Teachers
• Policy 441 – Use of Technology and Telecommunications Systems by Employees
• Policy 442 – Travel
• Policy 443 – Homebound Instruction
  • Policy 443 – Procedures
• Policy 447 – Compensation and Related Benefits
• Policy 448 – District Paid Maternity Leave
• Policy 460 – Remote Work
  • Policy 460 – Remote Work Request
  • Policy 460 – Remote Work Agreement
• Policy 491 – Vaccination Reporting, Testing, and Face Coverings

Students

• Policy 501 – School Weapons
• Policy 502 – Search of Student Lockers, Desks, Personal Possessions and Student’s Person
• Policy 503 – Student Attendance
• Policy 504 – Student Dress and Appearance
• Policy 505 – Distribution of NonSchool Sponsored Materials on School Premises by Students & Employees
• Policy 506 – Student Discipline
• Policy 507 – Corporal Punishment and Prone Restraint
• Policy 507.5 – School Resource Officers
• Policy 508 – Extended School Year for Certain Students with Individualized Education Programs
• Policy 509 – Enrollment of Nonresident Students
  • Policy 509 – Procedures
• Policy 510 – School Activities
• Policy 511 – Student Fundraising
• Policy 512 – School-Sponsored Student Publications and Activities
• Policy 513 – Student Promotion, Retention, and Program Design
  • Policy 513 – Procedures
  • Policy 513 – Retention Conference Form
• Policy 513.1 – Determination of Legal Age of Students for School Admission
• Policy 513.2 – Early Entrance Into Kindergarten
  • Policy 513.2 – Procedures
• Policy 513.3– Advanced Grade Placement
  • Policy 513.3 – Procedures
• Policy 514 – Bullying Prohibition
  • Policy 514 – Reporting Form
• Policy 515 – Protection and Privacy of Pupil Records
  • Policy 515 – Appendix A – Statement of Rights
  • Policy 515 – Appendix A – Spanish – Statement of Rights
  • Policy 515 – Appendix B – Notice of Designation of Directory Information
  • Policy 515 – Appendix B – Spanish – Notice of Designation of Directory Information
  • Policy 515 – Appendix C – Denial of Release of Directory Information
  • Policy 515 – Appendix C – Spanish – Denial of Release of Directory Information
  • Policy 515 – Appendix D – Release of Information to Military Recruiters
  • Policy 515 – Appendix D – Spanish – Release of Information to Military Recruiters
• Policy 515.2 – Access to Students and Student Records by Custodial and Non-Custodial Parents
  • Policy 515. 2 – Procedures
• Policy 516 – Student Medication
  • Policy 516 – Procedures
• Policy 516.5 – Overdose Medication
  Policy 518 – Do Not Resuscitate / Do Not Intubate Orders (DNR/DNI)
• Policy 519 – Interviews of Students by Outside Agencies
• Policy 520– Student Surveys
• Policy 520.1 – Research Requests
  • Policy 520.1 – Request to Conduct Research
  • Policy 520 and 520.1 – Data Confidentiality Agreement 
• Policy 521 – Student Disability Nondiscrimination
  • Policy 521 – Procedures
• Policy 522 – Title IX Sex Nondiscrimination Policy, Grievance Procedure and Process
  • Policy 522 – Report Form
• Policy 524.2 – Acceptable Use of Technology and Telecommunications Systems By Students
  • iPad Loan Agreement: English | Español
• Policy 526 – Hazing Prohibition
• Policy 527 – Student Use and Parking of Motor Vehicles; Patrols, Inspections and Searches
• Policy 528 – Student Parental, Family and Marital Status Nondiscrimination
• Policy 530 – Immunization Requirements
• Policy 532 – Use of Peace Officers and Crisis Teams to Remove Students with IEPs from School Grounds
• Policy 533 – Wellness
• Policy 534 – School Meals
• Policy 535 – Service Animals in Schools
  • Policy 535 – Request Form
• Policy 540 – Access to Curricular and Co-Curricular School Programs
• Policy 560 – Memorials
  • Policy 560 – Procedures

Educational Programs

• Policy 602 – Organization of School Calendar and School Day
• Policy 603 – Curriculum Development
• Policy 605 – Alternative Educational Services
• Policy 607 – Organization of Grade Levels
• Policy 608 – Instructional Services Special Education
• Policy 609 – Religion and Religious and Cultural Observances
• Policy 610– Field Trips
  • Policy 610 – Procedures
  • Policy 610 – Overnight Request Form
• Policy 610.1– School Assembly Programs
  • Policy 610.1 – Procedures
  • Policy 610.1 – School Assembly Programs Application
• Policy 611 – Home Schooling
  • Policy 611 – Homeschool Shared Time Procedures (Home School Shared Time)
  • Policy 611 – Application for Shared Time Enrollment of Home School Students
• Policy 612 – Development of Parent and Family Engagement Policies for Title I Programs
• Policy 613 – Graduation Requirements
• Policy 614 – District Testing Plan and Procedure for Minnesota State Test Administration
• Policy 615 – Testing Accommodations, Modifications, and Exemptions for IEP, Section 504 Plans, and LEP Students
• Policy 616 – School District System Accountability
• Policy 619 – Staff Development for Standards
• Policy 620 – Credit for Learning
• Policy 621 – Literacy and The Read Act
• Policy 624 – Online Instruction
• Policy 630 – District Website
• Policy 644 – Guest Speakers
• Policy 646 – Due Process Hearing Procedural Safeguards for Parents/Guardians of Children with Disabilities
• Policy 652 – Instructional Materials Selection and Production
• Policy 652.1– Reconsideration of Textbooks & Instructional Materials
  • Policy 652.1 – Procedures
  • Policy 652.1 – Request Form for Reevaluation of Instructional Materials
• Policy 655 – School Volunteers

Non-Instructional Operations

• Policy 701 – Establishment, Adoption and Modification of School District Budget
• Policy 702 – Accounting
• Policy 703 – Annual Financial Audit
• Policy 704 – Development and Maintenance of an Inventory of Fixed Assets and a Fixed Asset Accounting System
• Policy 705 – Investments
• Policy 706 – Acceptance of Gifts
  • Policy 706 – Gift Agreement Form
• Policy 707 – Transportation of Public School Students
• Policy 708 – Transportation of Nonpublic School Students
• Policy 709 – Student Transportation Safety
• Policy 710 – Co-Curricular Transportation
• Policy 711 – Video Recording on School Buses
• Policy 712 – Video Surveillance Other Than on Buses
• Policy 713 – Student Activity Accounting
• Policy 714 – Fund Balances
• Policy 719 – Copyright
• Policy 721 – Grant Writing
  • Fiscal Compliance and Procedures Manual
• Policy 722 – Public Data and Data Subject Requests
  • Policy 722 – Request Form
• Policy 724 – Retention Schedule
  • Policy 724 – Procedures for Policy 724 Building and Sites
  • Policy 724 – Procedures for Policy 724 Retention and Destruction of Student Records for Special Education Students

Buildings and Sites

• Policy 801 – Equal Access to Secondary School Facilities by Students
• Policy 802 – Disposition of Obsolete Equipment and Material
• Policy 805 – Waste Reduction, Recycling, Environmental Protection and Compliance
• Policy 806 – Crisis Management
• Policy 807 – Health and Safety
• Policy 808 – Key Access Control to Buildings and Sites
  • Policy 808 – Procedures
• Policy 809 – Naming of School District Buildings
• Policy 809.1 – Sponsorship of School District Owned Property

School/Community Relations

• Policy 902 – Use of School District Facilities and Equipment
  • Policy 902 – Procedures
• Policy 903 – Visitors to School District Buildings and Sites
  • Policy 903 – Procedures
• Policy 904 – Distribution of Materials on School District Property by Nonschool Persons
• Policy 906 – Community Notification of Predatory Offenders
• Policy 907 – Rewards
• Policy 950 – Land Acknowledgement