Board Policies
The Board Policy Handbook has been developed to highlight and support the important governance function of the Board. It includes the following framework:
- Foundational statements which provide guidance and direction for all activities within the District;
- Directions for how the Board itself is to function and how individual trustees are to conduct themselves; how Board committees and representatives are to function;
- Statements as to how appeals and hearings will be conducted;
- Non-delegable matters such as policy making and school closures; and
- Specific matters which the Board has chosen not to delegate to the Superintendent.
This Board Policy Handbook is intended to be supplemented by the Administrative Procedures Manual; the primary written document by which the Superintendent directs staff.
Please note that the electronic versions of both the Board Policy Handbook and the Administrative Procedures Manual on this website are always the most current documents available.
Notices of Motion
Policies that have been approved for Notice of Motion by the Board of Education are circulated for comment and discussion before they are brought back to the Board for consideration by Trustees. Policies currently under a Notice of Motion are posted below under the category ‘Notices of Motion’. If you have any comments or suggestions concerning any of the draft policies under consideration by the Board (see below if applicable), please send them to feedback@sd35.bc.ca.
Board Policies
- Policy 1 – Foundational Statements
- Policy 2 – Role of the Board
- Policy 2 Appendix A – Board Annual Work Plan
- Policy 2 Appendix B – Facilitated Board Self Evaluation Process
- Policy 3 – Role of the Trustee
- Policy 3 Appendix A – Services, Materials and Equipment Provided to Trustees
- Policy 4 – Trustee Code of Conduct
- Policy 4 Appendix A – Trustee Code of Conduct Sanctions
- Policy 5 – Role of the Board Chair
- Policy 6 – Role of the Vice-Chair
- Policy 7 – Board Operations
- Policy 8 – Board Committees
- Policy 9 – Board Representatives
- Policy 10 – Policy Making and Review
- Policy 11 – Board Delegation of Authority
- Policy 12 – Role of the Superintendent
- Policy 12 Appendix A – Superintendent Evaluation Process Criteria and Timelines
- Policy 12 Appendix B – Superintendent Performance Assessment Guide
- Policy 13 – Appeals Bylaw
- Policy 14 – School Closure
- Policy 15 – Recruitment and Selection of Personnel
- Policy 16 – Indemnification Bylaw
- Policy 17 – Accumulated Operating Surplus
- Policy 18 – Student Transportation
- Policy 19 – Naming of Schools
- Policy 20 – Public Interest Disclosure