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+**Policy BAAA\\
+School Board Policies and Administrative Procedures\\
+School Board Approved: April 4, 2016**\\
+The Board recognizes its responsibility for properly managing the resources of the School District. This
+responsibility includes concern for safety of students, employees, and the public, as well as concern for
+protecting the District’s property from loss. No new policy or procedure will be adopted or approved by the
+Board without first giving careful consideration to the School District’s risk exposure.\\
+The policies of the Board are intended to establish the general and overall rules within which day-to-day
+operations of the School District are to be governed. Procedures for carrying out and implementing the broad
+policies of the Board on a day-to-day basis are to be fashioned and adopted by the administration, under the
+direction of the Superintendent. As applicable, members of the District community are expected to comply with
+both Board policy and administrative procedures, subject to the limitations and exceptions set forth herein.
+However, the failure of the Board or the Administration to comply with policy shall not invalidate any lawful
+action taken.\\
+**Contents of Board Policy and Administrative Procedure**\\
+The policies of the Board shall be composed of:\\
+  * The policies contained in this Policy Manual.
+  * The contents of administrative job descriptions adopted by the Board.
+  * All formal Student Handbooks.
+  * All formal Employee Handbooks.\\
+Administrative procedure is not part of Board policy and may be altered by the administration without Board
+action. Administrative procedure, however, may not conflict with Board policy. The Board may from time to
+time review the administrative procedures to ensure conformance with Board Policy.\\
+**Limitations of Policy**\\
+Neither the policies of the Board nor the procedures of the administration are intended, nor shall they be
+construed, to supersede or preempt any applicable laws, whether constitutional, statutory, regulatory, or
+common in origin. Consequently, all Board policies and administrative procedures shall be given both an
+interpretation and application which is lawful. The Board shall have the final interpretation of its policies and
+the administration shall have the final interpretation of its procedures.
+As the Board policies and administrative procedures are limited by legal constraints, so too are the rights of
+those to whom the Board policies and administrative procedures apply. Neither the policies of the Board nor the
+procedures of the administration are intended to expand the rights of individuals beyond those established by
+law or to give to any individual a cause of action not independently established in law. Enforcement of Board
+policy shall rest exclusively with the Board, and enforcement of administrative procedures shall rest exclusively
+with the administration.
+Board policy and administrative procedure shall not preempt, create, supplant, expand or restrict the rights or
+liabilities of students, employee, taxpayers, or others within the School District beyond those that are
+established in law and are not intended to restrict or limit students, employees, or other members of the School
+District community from pursuing any claims or defenses available under law.\\
+**Exceptions**\\
+Exceptions to any policy or the application of any policy may be made if requested or recommended in
+accordance with the following procedures:\\
+Any person may request an exception to any Board policy or the application of same by submitting a letter to the Superintendent. The request shall identify:
+  * The name, address and telephone number of the person making the request.
+  * The policy for which the exception is being requested.
+  * The action that the requesting individual desires.
+  * The rationale supporting the need for an exception.\\
+The Superintendent or his/her designee, shall conduct a sufficient investigation of any request for an
+exception so as to be able to formulate a recommendation for the Board. Among the factors to be
+evaluated are the relevant facts related to the request, the rationale of both the policy and the request for
+the exception and the disposition of prior requests for exceptions to the same or similar policies.\\
+Following the Superintendent’s investigation, the Superintendent shall place the request for exception on
+the agenda and shall report to the Board the circumstances surrounding the request and his/her
+recommended disposition. The person requesting the exception shall be notified in advance of this
+agenda item, and shall be given a reasonable opportunity to address the Board before the Board
+determines whether to grant the request for an exception.\\
+The Board shall have final and exclusive authority to determine whether to grant any request for an
+exception and shall be the sole judge of whether the rationale for the exception is sufficient, taking into
+consideration the recommendation of the Superintendent. Moreover, the granting of exceptions in the
+same or similar cases shall not constitute binding precedent or practice in as much as the prior grant of
+an exception may establish that the granting of an exception is ill advised.\\
+Exceptions to administrative procedures shall be made at the discretion of the Superintendent.\\
+**Legal References:**\\
+//NH Code of Administrative Rules, Section Ed. 303.01 (a), Substantive Duties of School Boards//
+{{:baaa_school_board_policies_and_administrative_procedures.pdf |Download}}\\
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