Board Development Services

School policy is an essential management tool. Establishing and maintaining clearly written policies serves as an effective guide to board members and superintendents facing the decision-making process. School policy serves as a guide to staff, students, parents, and the local community concerning your school district’s philosophy, goals, and expectations. Policy is the most valuable management tool educational leaders can have.

AASB offers complete online publication and support for your district policy manual.  The manual is easily accessible from your website for the public, staff, administration, and the Board.  The published policy manual is easily searchable, contains a sequential revision history and anyone can export and download PDF files of each policy, administrative regulation, or exhibit.

Your district office will have administrative access that provides additional features such as multiple district searches of policies for all other districts using the AASB Policy Online Service including access to AASB’s model policy manual.  In addition, keeping your policy manual up to date with recent policy amendments or new policy additions is easier than ever!

AASB’s copyrighted Policy Reference Manual contains over 400 policies along with administrative rules and exhibits organized in an easy-to-read format and numerical finder index. Policies are cross-referenced to all pertinent policies, cite relevant legal authority, and contain explanatory notes describing options or limitations in that policy area.

Once a year, subscribers receive updates reflecting new and changing laws, and educational trends to supplement the AASB Policy Reference Manual.  AASB provides legally vetted and expertly reviewed policy updates for boards to consider and adopt.  This service prevents each district from having to legally vet each of their policies saving you thousands of dollars per year.  In addition, AASB strives to stay abreast of the latest trends in educational policy through its network of other state association policy experts.

• 2021 Policy Manual Updates
• 2020 Policy Manual Updates
• 2019 Policy Manual Updates
• 2018 Policy Manual Updates
• 2017 Policy Manual Updates
• 2016 Policy Manual Updates

AASB staff will work with the board and administration to develop custom policy reviews, audits, or development depending on your needs.  For those districts subscribed to AASB’s Policy Online Service a complete or partial audit can easily be accomplished and recommendations forwarded to the board to bring the policy manual up to date. Custom policy development services include on-site workshops on the process and stages of policy development, as well as custom revision of the entire policy manual or just sections. Today, much of this work can be done remotely.

You’re just a telephone call or email away from getting the sample policies you need to develop your own policy statements. AASB has a library of Alaskan school district policy manuals, as well as access to a nationwide policy network of NSBA and other state association policy experts on the Internet. We routinely conduct Quick Surveys by e-mail on topics of your choice, to find what your colleagues on Alaskan school boards are doing in a variety of policy areas. For rates and details on how AASB’s comprehensive policy services can help your district, contact Lon Garrison at AASB.