CHAPTER 7 - PERSONNEL
CHAPTER 8 - NEGOTIATIONS
CHAPTER 9 - INSTRUCTION
CHAPTER 10 - STUDENTS CHAPTER 11 - COMMUNICATIONS CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 1 - FOUNDATIONS AND BASIC COMMITMENTS CHAPTER 2 - SCHOOL BOARD GOVERNANCE AND OPERATIONS CHAPTER 3 - SCHOOL DIVISION ADMINISTRATION CHAPTER 4 - FISCAL MANAGEMENT CHAPTER 5 - SAFETY SUPPORT SERVICES CONSERVATION CHAPTER 6 - PLANNING AND MAINTAINING THE SCHOOL DIVISION'S PHYSICAL PLANT
CHAPTER 7 - PERSONNEL Section 7.1.1 Definitions Section 7.1.2 Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Section 7.1.3 Nepotism Section 7.1.4 Standards of Conduct Section 7.1.5 Communications Between Board and Employees* Section 7.1.6 Conditions of Employment* Section 7.1.7 Compensation* Section 7.1.8 Experience Credit For Starting Salary Purposes Section 7.1.9 Work Schedules* Section 7.1.10 Absence From Work Section 7.1.11 Employee Leave Section 7.1.12 Other Full Time Employee Fringe Benefits Section 7.1.13 Benefits for Part-Time Employees Section 7.1.14 Smoking and Substance Abuse* Section 7.1.15 Personnel Records Section 7.1.16 Evaluation of Employee Performance* Section 7.1.17 Communicable Diseases* Section 7.1.18 Meetings of Employee Groups in School Division Facilities Section 7.1.19 Procedures for Adjusting Employee Grievances Section 7.1.20 Fair Labor Standards Act Compliance* Section 7.1.21 Sexual Harassment* Section 7.1.22 Employee Recognition Program* Section 7.1.23 Substance Abuse Testing Policy for Drivers of Buses and Other Commercial Vehicles* Section 7.1.24:  Sick Leave Bank Section 7.2.1 Contracts With Licensed Employees Section 7.2.2 Probationary Period for New Employees Previously on a Continuing Contract Section 7.2.3 Transfer of Sick Leave for Newly-Hired VDOE Licensed Employees Section 7.2.5 Licensure as a Condition of Employment Section 7.2.6 Substitute Teachers* Section 7.2.7 Assignment and Transfer of Licensed Employees Section 7.2.8 Extracurricular Activities Section 7.2.9 Required Staff Development for Licensed Employees Section 7.2.10 Assignment to Administrative Positions* Section 7.2.11 Reduction in Force of Licensed Employees Section 7.2.12 Suspension of Licensed Employee Section 7.2.13 Dismissal of Licensed Employee Section 7.2.14 Resignation of Licensed Employee Section 7.2.15 Licensed Employee Consulting Activities Section 7.2.16 Tutoring by Licensed Employees Section 7.2.17 Duty-Free Lunch Period for Licensed Employees Section 7.3.1 Administration of Personnel Requiring No License for Employment by the County School Board Section 7.3.3 Assignment and Transfer of Non-Licensed Employees Section 7.3.4 Resignation of Non-Licensed Employees Section 7.3.5 Disciplinary Policy* Section 7.3.6 Reduction in Force of Non-Licensed Employees
CHAPTER 9 - INSTRUCTION Section 9.1 Instruction Section 9.2 Length of Term Section 9.3 Length of School Day, the Duration of Instructional Blocks of Time, and Awarding of Credit* Section 9.4 Organization Section 9.5 Curriculum Section 9.5.1 Curriculum Change Section 9.5.2 Participation in Curriculum Planning Section 9.5.3 Religious Instruction and Released Time Section 9.5.4 Career/Technical Education Section 9.5.5 Music and Art Education Section 9.5.6 Drug Education Section 9.5.7 Family Life Education Section 9.5.8 Driver Education Section 9.5.9 Programs for Students with Disabilities Section 9.5.10 Gifted Education Section 9.5.11 Homebound Instruction* Section 9.5.12 Alternative Education Programs* Section 9.5.13 Summer Academic Programs Section 9.5.14 Extracurricular Activities* Section 9.5.15 Fund Raising Activities Conducted by Schools Section 9.5.16 Sale of Photographs and Related Items to Pupils Section 9.5.17 Interscholastic Athletic Activities Section 9.5.18 Continuing Education Section 9.5.19 Extraordinary Educational Experience* Section 9.5.20 School Guidance and Counseling Section 9.6.1 Class Size Section 9.7.1 Textbooks and Instructional Materials Section 9.7.2 Evaluation and Selection of Instructional Materials and Resources* Section 9.8.1 Teacher Assistants Section 9.8.2 Field Trips* Section 9.8.3 Request for Financial Support for Student Trips Section 9.9.1 Student Evaluation Section 9.9.2 Report Cards Section 9.9.3 Interim Progress Reports Section 9.9.4 Homework Policy* Section 9.9.5 Class Ranking of High School Seniors* Section 9.9.6 Promotion/Retention* Section 9.9.7 Effect of Absences on Promotion Section 9.9.8 Graduation* Section 9.9.9 Commencement Attendance Section 9.9.10 Final Exam Exemptions Section 9.10.1 Testing* Section 9.11.1 Distribution of Non-curricular Materials* Section 9.11.2 State-Mandated Displays Section 9.11.3 Assembly Programs Section 9.11.4 Animals at School Section 9.11.5 Citizenship and Character Education* Section 9.11.6 Alternatives to Animal Dissection Section 9.12 Parental Involvement Policy - Title I* Section 9.13 Instructional Professional Development
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SECTION 7.1.1 – DEFINITIONS

  1. SCHOOL BOARD EMPLOYEE - a person, other than an independent contractor, hired by the York County School Board at a specified rate of pay to render service in the York County School Division under the direction and control of another School Board employee. Individual School Board employees fall into one or more of the following categories:

Full Time
Part Time
Licensed
Non-Licensed
Permanent
Probationary
Administrator
Supervisor

For purposes of this definition the Division Superintendent is not an employee of the Board. Rather the Superintendent is the Chief Executive Officer of the School Division whose services are retained by a negotiated contract with the County School Board.

  1. FULL TIME EMPLOYEE - an individual who by reason of employment is eligible for all benefits offered by the School Board to its employees. Full time employees are hired by the School Board upon recommendation of the Division Superintendent. Given the nature of a school division’s operations, full time status is a matter of definition by the School Board upon recommendation of the Division Superintendent, rather than by working a specified number of hours in a fiscal year. Full time employees can fall into one of the following sub-categories of the School Board Employee Pay Plan:

12 month employee#
11 month employee#
20 month employees#
#Defined in the Pay Plan

  1. PART TIME EMPLOYEE - a person hired by the School Board upon the recommendation of the Superintendent to fill a temporary position or a permanent position expressly identified by the Superintendent as a part time position. A part time employee is eligible only for those benefits expressly authorized in Section 7.1.13 for part time employees.

 

  1. LICENSED EMPLOYEE
  • A licensed employee is a person holding a license issued by the Virginia Department of Education (DOE), employed by the School Board and assigned to a position specified by DOE as requiring a DOE license holder. NOTE: Registered nurses, holding licenses issued by the Department of Health, are employed by the School Board for positions designated by the School Board, not DOE or the Department of Health. For purposes of Chapter 7 of this Policy Manual, registered nurses are grouped with non-licensed employees with respect to personnel policies and DOE regulations
  • Virginia Department of Education regulations govern which positions in the School Division require licensed personnel.
  • Under Virginia law the School Board employs a licensed employee either on a continuing contract or on a probationary contract.
  • Licensed employees are grouped under the Licensed Employees section of the School Board Pay Plan.
  • Employees who hold licenses but who serve in positions for which a license is not required by the Virginia Department of Education are non-licensed employees of the School Board for purposes of School Board policy.

 

E. NON-LICENSED EMPLOYEE - any employee not defined as a licensed employee.

F. PERMANENT NON-LICENSED EMPLOYEE - any non-licensed full time employee who has worked for the School Board for more than 9 continuous months and who has been endorsed for full time status by the immediate supervisor, the Director of Human Resources, the Superintendent and approved by the School Board.

G. PROBATIONARY NON-LICENSED EMPLOYEE - any full time non-licensed employee who is not a permanent employee. Probationary periods for licensed employees are governed by Virginia law.

H. ADMINISTRATOR - an employee placed by the Superintendent in a leadership position either in a school or in the School Board Office. Administrators include Assistant Superintendents; Directors; Principals; Assistant Principals; and other positions designated by the Superintendent in his annual organization chart presented to the School Board. Administrators can be licensed or non-licensed employees.

I. SUPERVISOR - a full time licensed employee assigned by the School Board to a supervisory position, other than an administrator’s position, for which the Virginia Department of Education requires a license.

ADOPTED:     June 20, 1988
REVISED:       March 15, 1993; January 26, 1998; August 28, 2000; March 25, 2002