Albemarle County Public Schools has a number of policies that govern our operations in alignment with state code and our division vision, mission and values. Our policies must be reviewed once every five years, though we often review them more frequently due to changes in Virginia Code or the needs of our school system. As part of the review process, we use our Equity Checklist to ensure that our policies are having a positive impact on equity in the school division. So far in 2022, we have updated, revised or deleted 80 policies.

Staff who are interested in reviewing the edits to each policy can access the documents as they were presented to the school board (with “track changes” shown) in ElectronicSchoolBoard (ESB). Within each meeting agenda, under the “Approval of Consent Agenda” heading, click on the items titled “For Information: Policy Review and Revision” or “For Action: Policy Review and Revision.”

In June, July and August, 27 policies were updated, including Policy GA, Employee Relations Principles Between the School Board and Its Employees, which was readopted in June after being deleted in April. Here are all of the policies updated in June, July or August 2022:

• AB, Severability of School Policies and Regulations
• AC, Nondiscrimination
• BB, School Board Legal Status
• BBFA, Conflicts of Interests and Disclosure of Economic Interests
• BDD, Electronic Participation in School Board Meetings
• BDDA, Notification of Meetings
• BDDC, Agenda Preparation and Dissemination
• BDDG, Minutes
• CM, School Division Annual Report
• DL, Payroll Procedures/Payday Schedules
• DLB, Salary Deductions
• EEA, Student Transportation Services
• EEAC, School Bus Safety Program
• GA, Employee Relations Principles Between the School Board and Its Employees
• GBED, Staff Weapons in School
• GCBA, Salary Administration and Position Classification
• GCCBA, Acceptance of Gifts
• IFD, Curriculum Development and Adoption
• IGAE/IGAF, Health Education/Physical Education
• IGAG, Teaching About Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco
• IGAH, Family Life Education (FLE) (for information: ACPS Equity Policy Review Checklist)
• IGBE, Remedial and Summer Instruction Program
• IGBH, Alternative Educational Programs
• JOF, Security Cameras
• KBA, Requests for Public Records
• KG, Community Use of School Facilities
• KKA, Service Animals in Public Schools

We will continue to provide monthly policy updates. For any questions related to policies, email Jamie Gellner, Director of Special Projects, Program Evaluation, and Department Improvement.