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Westmoreland County Public Schools Policy Manual

Last Updated November 22, 2025

Table of Contents

Section A:  Foundations and Basic Commitment

Section B:  School Board Governance and Operations

Section C:  General School Administration

Section D:  Fiscal Management

Section E:  Support Services

Section F:  Facilities Development

Section G:  Personnel

Section H:  Negotiations

Section I:  Instruction

Section J:  Students

Section K:  School-Community Relations

Section L:  Education Agency Relations

Section A:  Foundations and Basic Commitment

AA - School Division Legal Status

AC - Nondiscrimination

AD - Educational Philosophy

AE - School Division Goals and Objectives

AF - Comprehensive Plan

AFA - Evaluation of School Board Operational Procedures

AG - Literacy Plan

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Section B:  School Board Governance and Operations

BB - School Board Legal Status

BBA - School Board Powers and Duties

BBAA - Board Member Authority

BBBA - Qualifications of School Board Members

BBBB - Student Liaison to the School Board

BBBC - School Board Member Oath of Office

BBD - School Board Member Removal from Office

BBE - Unexpired Term Fulfillment

BBFA - Board Member Conflict of Interest

BCA - Board Organizational Meeting

BCB - School Board Officers

BCC - School Board Clerk

BCE - School Board Committees

BCF - Advisory Committees to the School Board

BCF-R - Additional Board Advisory Committees

BCG - School Attorney

BDA - Regular School Board Meetings

BDB - Special School Board Meetings

BDC - Closed Meetings

BDCA - Calling and Certification of Closed Meetings

BDD - Electronic Participation In Meetings From Remote Locations

BDDA - Notification of Board Meetings

BDDC - Agenda Preparation and Dissemination

BDDD - Quorum

BDDE - Rules of Order

BDDF - Voting Method

BDDG - Minutes

BDDH/KD - Public Participation at Board Meetings

​BDDL - Electronic Participation in Committee Meetings from Remote Locations

BF - Board Policy Manual

BFC - Policy Adoption

BFE/CHD - Administration in Policy Absence

BG/GBD - Board-Staff Communications

BG-R - Communication Plan with Employees

BHB - School Board Member In-Service Activities

BHD - Board Member Compensation and Benefits

BHE - School Board Member Insurance

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Section C:  General School Administration

CA - Administration Goals

CBA - Qualifications and Duties for the Superintendent

CBB - Appointment and Terms of the Division Superintendent

CBCA - Disclosure Statement Required of Superintendent

CBD - Superintendent's Contract, Compensation and Benefits

CBE - Severance Benefits

CBG - Evaluation of the Superintendent

CF - School Building Administration

CH - Policy Implementation

CHD/BFE - Administration in Policy Absence

CLA - Reporting Acts of Violence and Substance Abuse

CM - School Division Annual Report

CMA - School Division Annual Report Card

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Section D:  Fiscal Management

DA - Management of Funds

DB - Annual Budget

DG - Custody and Disbursement of School Funds

DGC - School Activity Funds

DGC-R1 - School Activity Funds:  Virginia Sales and Use Tax

DGC-R2 - School Activity Funds

DGD - Funds for Instructional Materials and Office Supplies

DI -Financial Accounting and Reporting

DI-R - Financial Record Retention Schedule

DIA - Reporting Per Pupil Costs

DJ - Small Purchasing

DJA - Purchasing Authority

DJB - Petty Cash Funds

DJF - Purchasing Procedures

DJF-R1 - Purchasing Procedures:  Ethics in Public Contracting

DJF-R2 - Purchasing Procedures:  Competitive Sealed Bidding

DJG - Vendor Relations

DK - Payment Procedures

DKA - Credit Cards

DKA-R - Credit Card Procedures

DL - Payroll Procedures

DL-R - Overtime/Compensatory Time and One-Half

DLB - Salary Deductions

DLC - Expense Reimbursements

DLC-R - Expense Reimbursements-Travel Expenses

DM - Cash in School Buildings

DN - Disposal of Surplus Items

DO - Non-Locally Funded Programs

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Section E:  Support Services

EA - Support Services

EB - School Crisis, Emergency Management and Medical Emergency Response Plan

EB-R - Safety:  Infectious Waste Disposal

EBAA - Reporting of Hazards

EBAB - Possible Exposure to Viral Infections

EBB - Threat Assessment Teams

EBBA - Emergency First Aid, CPR and AED Certified Personnel

EBBB - Personnel Training - Viral Infections

EBBC - Opioid Antagonists

EBCB - Safety Drills

EBCBA - Electronic Room Partitions

EBCD - School Closings

EC - Buildings and Grounds Management and Maintenance

ECA - Inventory and Reporting of Loss or Damage

ECAB - Vandalism

EEA - Student Transportation Services

EEAB - School Bus Scheduling and Routing

EEAB-R1 - School Bus Scheduling and Routing:  Standees on School Buses

EEAB-R2 - School Bus Scheduling and Routing:  Private and Non Private Roads

EEAC - School Bus Safety Program

EEAD - Special Use of School Buses

EF - Food Service Management

EFB - Food Services

EFD - Food Sanitation Program

EGAA - Reproduction and Use of Copyrighted Materials

EI - Insurance Management

ET - Educational Technology Foundations and Public School Foundations

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Section F:  Facilities Development

FB - Facilities Planning

FE - Playground Equipment

FEA - Educational Facilities Specifications

FEC - Environmentally Sustainable Practices

FECBB - Accommodations for the Disabled

FEG - Construction Planning

FFA - School Names

FG - Retirement of Facilities

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Section G:  Personnel

GA - Personnel Policies Goals

GAA - Staff Time Schedules

GAB/IIBEA - Acceptable Computer System Use

GAD - Access to Employee Social Media Accounts

GAE - Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting

​GAH - School Employee Conflict of Interests

GB - Equal Employment Opportunity/Nondiscrimination

GB-F - Report of Discrimination

GBA/JFHA - Prohibition Against Harassment and Retaliation

GBA-F/JFHA-F - Report of Harassment

​GBB - Prohibition of Abusive Work Environments

GBC - Staff Compensation Procedures

GBC-E2 - Notice of How Employees Who Work Less Than 12 Months Are to be Paid

GBD/BG - Board-Staff Communications

GBE - Staff Health

GBEA - Unlawful Manufacture, Distribution, Dispensing, Possession or Use of a Controlled Substance

GBEB - Staff Weapons in School

GBEC - Tobacco Products and Nicotine Vapor Products

GBEF - Lactation Support

GBG - Staff Participation in Political Activities

GBI - Gift Giving and Solicitations

GBL - Personnel Records

GBLA - Third Party Complaints Against Employees

GBM - Staff Complaints and Grievances

GBMA - Support Staff Grievances

GBN - Staff Hiring Procedures

GBO - Virginia Retirement System

GBR - Voluntary Retirement Savings Program

GC - Professional Staff

​GCA - Reading Specialists

GCB - Professional Staff Contracts

GCBA - Staff Salary Schedules

GCBB - Supplementary Pay

GCBC - Staff Fringe Benefits

GCBC-R1 - Staff Benefits-Retiree Health Insurance

GCBC-R2 - Workers' Compensation

GCBC-R3 - Return-to-Work Policy Statement

GCBD - Staff Leaves and Absences

GCBD-R1 - Sick Leave

GCBD-R2 - Sick Leave Bank

GCBD-R3 - Personal Leave

GCBD-R4 - Annual Leave

GCBD-R5 - Court Appearance Leave

GCBD-R6 - Holidays

​GCBE - Family and Medical Leave

GCBEA - Leave Without Pay

GCBEB - Military Leave and Benefits

GCCB - Employment of Family Members

GCDA - Effect of Criminal Conviction or Founded Complaint of Child Abuse or Neglect

GCE - Part-Time and Substitute Professional Staff Employment

GCG - Professional Staff Probationary and Continuing Contract

GCI - Professional Staff Assignments and Transfers

GCL - Professional Staff Development

GCN - Evaluation of Professional Staff

GCPA - Reduction in Professional Staff Work Force

GCPA-R - Reduction in Professional Staff Work Force:  Reduction in Force

GCPB - Resignation of Staff Members

GCPCA - Personnel

GCPD - Professional Staff Discipline

GCPF - Suspension of Staff Members

GCPF-R - Suspension of Staff Members

GCQA - Nonschool Employment by Staff Members

GCQAB - Tutoring for Pay

GCQB - Staff Research and Publishing

GCQB-R - Staff Research and Publishing

GD - Support Staff

GD-R - Certified Personnel Dress Code

GDG - Support Staff Probationary Period

GDN - Evaluation of Support Staff Members

GDQ - School Bus Drivers

GEA/JOH - Acceptance of Electronic Signatures and Records

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Section H:  Negotiations

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Section I:  Instruction

IA - Instructional Goals and Objectives

IAA - Notification of Learning Objectives

IB - Academic Freedom

IC/ID - School Year/School Day

IE- Moment of Silence

IEA - Pledge of Allegiance

IEB - National Motto

IEC - Bill of Rights of the Constitution of the United States

IF - Curriculum Development and Adoption

IGAD - Career and Technical Education

IGAE/IGAF - Health Education/Physical Education

IGAG - Teaching about Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco

IGAH - Family Life Education

IGAI - Character Education

IGAJ - Driver Education

IGAK - Alternatives to Animal Dissection

IGBA - Programs for Students With Disabilities

IGBA-R1 - Programs for Students With Disabilities:  SPED Identification, Evaluation and Placement Procedures

IGBA-R2 - Programs for Students With Disabilities:  504 Identification, Evaluation and Placement Procedures

IGBA-R3 - Programs for Students With Disabilities:  Hearing Procedures for Students with Disabilities

IGBB - Programs for Gifted Students

IGBC - Parental Involvement

​IGBD - Programs for Students with Reading Deficiencies

IGBE - Remedial Instruction Program

IGBF - Limited English Proficient Students

IGBG - Homebound, Correspondence, and Alternative Means of Instruction

IGBGA - Online Courses and Virtual School Programs

IGBH - Alternative School Programs

IGBI - Advanced Placement Classes and Special Programs

IGBJ - Advanced or Accelerated Mathematics

IGDA - Student Organizations

IGE - Adult Education

IHB - Class Size

IIA - Instructional Materials

IIAA - Textbook Selection, Adoption and Purchase

IIAB - Supplementary Materials Selection and Adoption

IIAE - Innovative or Experimental Projects

IIBD - School Libraries/Media Centers

IIBEA/GAB - Acceptable Computer System Use

IIBEA-R2 - Technology Device Usage Agreement

​​IIBEA-R2-F - Technology Device Usage Agreement Form

IICA - Field Trips

IICB/IICC - Community Resource Persons/School Volunteers

IJ - Guidance and Counseling Program

​IJD - College and Career Readiness

IKA - Parental Assistance with Instruction

IKEB - Acceleration

IKF - Standards of Learning Tests and Graduation Requirements

IKF-R1 - Standards of Learning Tests and Graduation Requirements:  Graduation Requirements

IKF-R2 - Standards of Learning Tests and Graduation Requirements:  Alternative Methods for Granting Credit

IKF-R3 - Standards of Learning Tests and Graduation Requirements:  Retention and Promotion Practices for K-12

IKF-R4 - Standards of Learning Tests and Graduation Requirements:  Promotion/Retention Guidelines for Grades K-5

IKF-R5 - Standards of Learning Tests and Graduation Requirements:  Promotion/Retention Guidelines for 6-12

IKFA - Locally Awarded Verified Credits

​IKFD - Alternative Paths to Attaining Standard Units of Credit

IKG-R - Remediation Recovery Program:  Exam Exemption Policy for High School

IKH - Retaking SOL Assessments

IL - Testing Programs

INB - Teaching about Controversial Issues

INDC - Religion in the Schools

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Section J:  Students

JB - Equal Educational Opportunities/Nondiscrimination

JB-R - Equal Educational Opportunities/Nondiscrimination Activities - Access to School Facilities

JB-F - Report of Discrimination

JBA - Rehabilitation Act Section 504 Hearing Procedures

JC - School Attendance Areas

JCA - Transfers by Student Victims of Crime

JCB - Transfers by Students in Persistently Dangerous Schools

JCJ - Classroom Assignments for Twins

JEA - Compulsory Attendance

JEB - Entrance Age/Admission of Persons Not of School Age

JEC - School Admission

JEC-R - School Admission

JECA - Admission of Homeless Children

JECB - Admission of Nonpublic Students for Part-Time Enrollment

JECB-F - Request for Part-Time Enrollment

JED - Student Absences/Excuses/Dismissals

JED-R - Student Absences/Excuses/Dismissals

JEG - Exclusions and Exemptions from School Attendance

JFB - Student Involvement in Decision Making

JFC - Student Conduct

​JFC-R2 - Cell Phones in School

JFCA - Teacher Removal of Students from Class

JFCA-F - Student Removal Form

JFCB - Sportsmanship, Ethics and Integrity

JFCC - Student Conduct on School Buses

JFCD - Weapons In School

JFCE - Gang Activity or Association

JFCF - Drugs In School

JFCH/GBEC - Tobacco Products and Nicotine Vapor Products

JFCI - Substance Abuse - Student Assistance Program

JFCJ - Written Notification of Violation of School Policies by Students in Alternative Education Programs

JFCL - Notification Regarding Prosecution of Juveniles as Adults

JFG - Search and Seizure

JFHA/GBA - Prohibition Against Harassment and Retaliation

JFHA-F/GBA-F - Report of Harassment

JGA - Corporal Punishment

JGD/JGE - Student Suspension/Expulsion

JGDA - Disciplining Students with Disabilities

JGDB - Discipline of Students with Disabilities for Infliction of Serious Bodily Injury

JHC - Student Health Services and Requirements

JHC-R1 - Accidents and Injuries:  First Aid

JHC-R2 - Accidents and Injuries:  Emergency Care

JHCA - Physical Examination of Students

JHCB - Immunizations of Students

JHCC - Communicable Diseases

JHCCA - Blood Borne Contagious or Infectious Diseases

JHCCA-E - Guidelines for School Attendance for Students with Human Immunodeficiency Virus

JHCD - Administering Medicines to Students

JHCD-R1 - Administration of Prescription Medication in the Westmoreland County Public Schools

JHCD-R2 - Administration of Epinephrine

JHCD-E - Administration of Prescription Medication in the Schools - Parent Letter

JHCE - Recommendation of Medication by School Personnel

JHCE-R1 - School Requirements for Head Lice

JHCE-R2 - Written Notification to Parents about Head Lice

JHCF - Student Wellness

JHCL - Lactation Support

JHDA - Human Research

JHH - Suicide Prevention

JJAC - Student-Athlete Concussions

​JJAF - Student-Athlete Sudden Cardiac Arrest

JJAG - Student-Athlete Extreme Heat Safety and Protection

JL - Fundraising and Solicitation

JM - Restraint and Seclusion of Students

JM-R1 - Policy and Procedures on the Use of Physical Restraint and Seclusion

JN - Student Fees, Fines, and Charges

JO - Student Records

​JOA - Student Transcripts

​JOB - Administration of Surveys and Questionnaires

JOD - Release of Student Data/Records

JOD-F - Consent Form Authorizing Release of Student Data/Records

JOH/GAE - Acceptance of Electronic Signatures and Records

JP - Student Publications

JP-R1 - Public Performances by Student

JP-R2 - Contest for Students

JP-R3 - Awards to Students

JRCA - School Service Providers' Use of Student Personal Information

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Section K - School-Community Relations

KA - Goals for School-Community Relations

KB - Public Information Program

KBA - Requests for Information

KBA-E - Rights & Responsibilities

KBA-R - Request for Information Regulations

KBA-F1 - Request for Public Records - Form

KBA-F2 - Request for Inspection - Form

KBC - Media Relations

KBE - Internet Privacy

KC - Community Involvement in Decision Making

KD/BDDH - Public Participation at Board Meetings

KF - Distribution of Information/Materials

KG - Community Use of School Facilities

KG-R1 - Community Relations:  Community Use of School Facilities:  Fees

KG-R2 - Community Relations:  Community Use of School Facilities:  Rules and Conditions

KGA - Sales and Solicitations in Schools

KGB - Public Conduct on School Property

KGC - Tobacco Products and Nicotine Vapor Products

KGD - Notification of School-Connected Student Overdose

KH - Public Gifts to the Schools

KJ - Advertising in the Schools

KK - School Visitors

KKA - Service Animals in Public Schools

KL - Public Complaints

KLB - Public Complaints about Learning Resources

KLB-E - Request for Reconsideration of Learning Resources

KMA - Relations with Parents Organizations

KN - Sex Offender Registry Notification

KNAJ - Relations with Law Enforcement Authorities

KNB - Report of Missing Children

KP - Parental Rights and Responsibilities

KQ - Commercial, Promotional, and Corporate Sponsorships and Partnerships

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Section L:  Education Agency Relations

LA - Education Agency Relations Goals

LB - Relations with Other Schools and School Divisions

LBD - Home Instruction

LC - Charter Schools

LC-E - Charter School Application Addendum

LEB - Advanced/Alternative Courses for Credit

LI - Relations With Educational Accreditation Agencies

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