Comprehensive Policy Management Services
Comprehensive Policy Management Services (CPMS) is ISBA's premium-level policy package. This fee-based service provides an enhanced level of monitoring of your school corporation’s need for new, revised, or updated policies, as well as additional, ongoing access to expert legal reviews of individual board policies at each stage in the policy development process. We customize policies to your corporation's needs. The annual subscription fee for this service is $700 per year. Below is a detailed description of the benefits included in the Comprehensive Policy Management Services.
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Quarterly Report & Policy Updates
With a subscription to CPMS, your school corporation will receive access to in-depth information and sample policies on individual topics. Policy Evaluation & Customization
ISBA will consult with your school corporation and evaluate your current policies to determine the necessary updates. We offer full customization of policies to ensure your school corporation meets required legal mandates and your local educational philosophy. We will also work with your school corporation to create policies on individual topics upon request. Manual Coding An effective policy manual should contain a table of contents for the manual, and each chapter, and an index of all policies adopted by the school board. When reviewing or customizing your policies, ISBA can also provide policy manual coding to create ease of access to and organization of policy topics. Upon subscribing, your school corporation will receive the ISBA policy code, tables of content, and index for organizing your local policy manual. |
Policy Lists
Upon subscribing, your school corporation will be sent a current list of Required policies and sample policies along with the Essential and Discretionary lists that may be relevant to the needs of the school corporation. The Required list will be updated at least once a year to include the Indiana General Assembly and U.S Congress mandated policies and updates. Consultation
In addition to customizing policies, ISBA will hold quarterly Zoom video conferencing meetings to talk with corporation representatives about the CPMS Quarterly Report. Additional electronic meetings may be held upon request. Subscribers also have the opportunity to meet face-to-face with ISBA once per year. Additional meetings will take place upon request for an additional fee of $200 per meeting plus mileage. Policy Training
ISBA offers one training session per year to ensure your board members and administrators are knowledgeable on policy development and understand their roles in the policy development process. |
Additional Needs
If a special topic or need arises, ISBA will consult with your school corporation and customize a policy upon request. On the occasion of a specific policy topic or need due to federal or state actions, case law, or other similar circumstances, a more in-depth guidance document will be sent to subscribers with information on topic and policy options with sample policies than is sent to the ISBA membership. Upon request by the subscriber, ISBA will consult with subscriber representatives on the policy topic and options and/or customize the policy. In addition to the policies sent out above, ISBA will review, draft, and customize policies as requested – up to 15 per year. The fee for each additional policy (beyond the 15) is $50.
If a special topic or need arises, ISBA will consult with your school corporation and customize a policy upon request. On the occasion of a specific policy topic or need due to federal or state actions, case law, or other similar circumstances, a more in-depth guidance document will be sent to subscribers with information on topic and policy options with sample policies than is sent to the ISBA membership. Upon request by the subscriber, ISBA will consult with subscriber representatives on the policy topic and options and/or customize the policy. In addition to the policies sent out above, ISBA will review, draft, and customize policies as requested – up to 15 per year. The fee for each additional policy (beyond the 15) is $50.
