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 7.1.6 - CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

SUB-SECTION A - HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS

As a condition to employment, every employee of the School Board will submit on the prescribed form a certificate signed by a licensed physician or by a registered nurse licensed pursuant to Board of Nursing regulations stating said employee appears free of communicable tuberculosis. The certificate is to be based on recorded results of X-rays, skin tests and other examinations, singly or in combination, as deemed necessary by the physician that have been performed within the 12 months’ period immediately preceding employment.

The Board will consider on a case by case basis any recommendation from the Superintendent to exclude an employee for contagious and infectious disease as provided in state statute.

ADOPTED:                             June 20, 1988
REVISED:                               March 15, 1993; February 22, 2000; March 25, 2002
LEGAL REFERENCE:            Code of Virginia, Sections 22.1-300 and 22.1-272

SUB-SECTION B - CRIMINAL RECORD SCREENING

As a condition of employment, new employees will be required to grant permission to have their fingerprints submitted to the FBI and the Virginia Central Criminal Records Exchange for data or absence of data on criminal convictions, including child abuse or child molestation.

ADOPTED:                             January 28, 1991
REVISED:                               March 15, 1993; March 25, 2002
LEGAL REFERENCE:            Code of Virginia 22.1-296.7

SUB-SECTION C – CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES SCREENING

As a condition of employment, new employees will be required to grant permission to have their fingerprints submitted to the FBI and the Child Protective Services for data or absence of data on criminal convictions, including child abuse or child molestation.

ADOPTED:     March 25, 2002

SUB-SECTION D - EMERGENCY PLAN ASSIGNMENTS

Some School Board employees are assigned specific duties required by various York County emergency action plans. Performance of such assignment is a condition of employment and failure to carry out such duties is grounds for dismissal.

ADOPTED:     March 15, 1993
REVISED:       March 25, 2002

SUB-SECTION E – PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ISSUED HIGH VALUE OR SENSITIVE EQUIPMENT

Certain employees are issued high valued or sensitive equipment for the purpose of carrying out their employment responsibilities. High valued equipment consists of digital portable radio units, lap top computers, personal digital assistants, teacher edition textbooks and publishers’ instructional materials. Sensitive equipment consists of building entry keys and York County School Division uniform items used for the purpose of maintaining security in schools and on buses in the school division. Employees issued such equipment and material shall be personally accountable for its’ safe keeping. The Division Superintendent shall ensure employees issued such equipment are aware of their responsibility, including the consequences should such equipment be lost or destroyed as a consequence of the employee’s negligence.

ADOPTED:     October 24, 2005