Board Policy Review Committee

The California School Boards Association provides legal updates to Board Policies on a regular basis (roughly quarterly). The BPRC consists of two Board members and the Superintendent (and a variety of staff members) whose charge it is to review the updates in order to move them forward to the full Board for review and adoption. Currently, the BPRC meets monthly in the early morning.

If you have questions, you may contact Shana Segal, School Board Member, BPRC Chair, or Amanda Bark, Manager of Policy and Compliance.

Members
Guidelines

Members

Guidelines

The Board Policy Review Committee (BPRC) has been established as a Board of Education committee to assist the Board in its thinking about District policies. The scope of the work involves policies in operation, new mandates and policies derived from State of California legislation, and policy needs for Palo Alto Unified School District.

Membership

Board of Education members (2)
- Appointment made with the same process used for all standing PAUSD committees
- Two-year term, with one original member having a one-year term to stagger the terms
- Senior Board member will serve as Chair of the BPRC
- Second Board member will serve as vice-chair

Operations

The operations of the committee are informed by:

The Brown Act in effect in the State of California
The amended Charge Statement to the BPRC adopted by the Palo Alto Unified School
District Board of Education at the regular meeting of January 26, 2010
The meeting protocols in effect for all Board of Education meetings in the District to include:
- Community Comments
- How to Address the Board of Education

Resources

BPRC will work within the existing resources assigned to accomplish the work in the charge statement of the Board of Education.

Review Process

Proposed agenda items may be channeled dependent on the needs or requirements of individual policies.

Receipt of CSBA updates OR Receipt from other input source such as board, community, or staff
Review by Superintendent and Chair for assignment to staff for review (updates also provided to BPRC)
Staff reviews and make suggestions if needed
Policies returned to Superintendent for final markups (can include a recommendation not to adopt)
Review by BPRC (possible return to Superintendent for further review or markups or not recommended for adoption)
Recommendations to Board of Education (possible return to BPRC for further review, markups, or not recommended for adoption)
Policies adopted and disseminated to staff and the community as appropriate OR Policy is not adopted

Dissemination

The Superintendent will ensure the policy and regulation updates are disseminated to all interested (administrators, teachers, classified personnel, and the community) parties.