The board shall provide a student guidance and counseling program.  The guidance counselor shall be certified with the Iowa Department of Education and hold the qualifications required by the board.  The guidance and counseling program will serve grades kindergarten through twelve.  The program will assist students with their personal, educational, and career development.  The program shall be coordinated with the education program and involve licensed employees.

 

 

Legal Reference:  Iowa Code § 622.10 (1995).
                                       281 I.A.C. 12.3(6); .5(21).

Cross Reference:  506    Student Records
                                       603    Instructional Curriculum
                                       604.4  Program for At-Risk Students

Approved  7/10/89     
Reviewed 11/15/21                   
Revised  10/9/95   

 

Health services are an integral part of comprehensive school improvement, assisting all students to increase learning, achievement, and performance.  Health services coordinate and support existing programs to assist each student in achievement of an optimal state of physical, mental and social well being.  Student health services ensure continuity and create linkages between school, home, and community service providers.  The school district’s comprehensive school improvement plan, needs, and resources determine the linkages.

Except in emergent care situations or child abuse assessments, the district will not administer invasive physical examinations or health screenings of a student that are not required by state or federal law without first obtaining the written consent of the student’s parent or guardian.  

• Emergent care situation means a sudden or unforeseen occurrence of onset of a medical or behavioral condition that could result in serious injury or harm to a student or others in the event immediate medical attention is not provided.  Emergent care situation includes the need to screen a student or others for symptoms or exposures during an outbreak or public health event of concern as designated by the department of public health.  
• Invasive physical examination means any medical examination that involves the exposure of private body parts or any act during such examination that includes incision, insertion, or injection into the body, but does not include a hearing, vision or scoliosis screening.  
• Student health screening means an intentionally planned, periodic process to identify if students may be at risk for a health concern and to determine if a referral for an in-depth assessment is needed to consider appropriate health services.  Student health screening does not include an episodic, individual screening done in accordance with professional licensed practice.

The superintendent, in conjunction with the school nurse, health advisory committee, public health nurse, school health team, etc. will develop administrative regulations implementing this policy.  The superintendent will provide a written report on the role of health services in the education program to the board annually.

The school district will annually notify parents of physical exams or screenings conducted on students except for vision, hearing or scoliosis.

 

 

Legal Reference:  42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et  seq. 
                                       34 C.F.R. pt. 99, 104, 200, 300 et seq.
                                       29 U.S.C. § 794(a)
                                       28 C.F.R. 35
                                       20 U.S.C. 1232g § 1400 6301 et seq..
                                       Iowa Code §§ 22.7, 139A.3. .8, .21; 143.1, 152, 256.7(24), .11, 279; 280.23 . 
                                       281 I.A.C. 12.3(4), (7), (11); 12.4(12); 12.8
                                       282 I.A.C. 22.
                                       641 I.A.C. 7.
                                       655 I.A.C. 6

Cross Reference:  501.04                Entrance - Admissions
                                   505.04              Testing Program
                                        507.02                Administration of Medication to Students
                                        507.02-E(1)    Administration of Medication to Students - Authorization - Epinephrine, Asthma, Airway Constricting or Respiratory Distress
                                                                       Medication Self-Administration Consent Form
                                        507.02-E(2)     Administration of Medication to Students - Parental Authorization and Release Form for the Administration of Medication to Students

Approved  7/10/89               
Reviewed 11/15/21, 10/11/22               
Revised  02/15/10, 10/11/22

 

The Janesville School District is committed to ensuring the integrity of the information obtained from the use of educational assessments.  This policy is intended to apply to two assessments in particular; the assessment used to meet the reporting requirement under the No Child Left behind Act and the assessment used to meet the reporting requirements for the Annual Progress Report to the Iowa Department of Education.

The purpose of this policy is to identify procedures that can ensure assessment results are truly representative of the achievement of students in our district.  It is also our intent to create awareness of the potential negative impact that inappropriate assessment practices might produce, to outline processes to be followed, and to identify the potential consequences of violating the policy.  If test scores become questionable because of inappropriate practices in either preparing students or in administering tests, the meaning of the scores will be distorted and their value for their original purpose will be diminished or lost.

 

APPOINTMENT OF DISTRICT TEST COORDINATOR

The district shall appoint a District Test Coordinator, who may in turn delegate responsibility for testing-related functions to one or more Building Test Coordinators.  The District Test Coordinator is the Superintendent.  The District Test Coordinator is responsible for storing materials from Iowa Testing Programs in a secure area with restricted access both prior to and after testing period.

 

TEST PREPARATION

As a function of educating students, staff may prepare students for assessments by providing instruction in the content areas to be assessed.  Staff may also prepare students for assessments by teaching general test-taking skills that are applicable to any test or test format.

Staff shall not conduct reviews or drills that use actual test items or identical format items of the accountability assessments, use copies of tests from previous years, or review test-specific curriculum content with students at any time.

 

ADMINISTRATION OF TESTS

In the administration of standardized tests, it is a violation of test security to do any of the following:

          1. Provide inappropriate test preparation such as any of the following:

a. Copy, reproduce, or use in any manner any portion of any secure test booklet, for any reason.

b. Share an actual test instrument in any form.

c. Use test preparation materials or strategies developed specifically for Annual Progress Reporting or the Annual Yearly Progress report.

          2. Deviate from the test administration procedures specified in the test examiner’s      manual.

          3. Provide inappropriate assistance to students during the test administration.

          4. Make test answers available to students.

          5. Change or fill in answers on student answer documents.

          6. Provide inaccurate data on student answer documents.

          7. Engage in any practice to artificially raise student scores without actually improving underlying student achievement.

          8. Participate in, direct, aid, counsel, assist, encourage, or fail to report any of the acts prohibited in this policy.

After testing is completed, test booklets are to be returned according to procedures established by the District Test Coordinator.

 

CONSEQUENCES OF POLICY VIOLATIONS

If a violation of this policy occurs, as determined by the Superintendent following an investigation of allegations of irregularities, the Superintendent shall determine whether the integrity of the testing program has been jeopardized, whether some or all of the test results are invalidated, and whether a teacher or administrator has violated the Code of Ethics of the Iowa Board of Educational Examiners as found at 282---Iowa Administrative Code chapter 25.

Reports of students cheating on assessments shall be submitted to the building principal for investigation and disciplinary procedures.

A staff member found to have committed testing irregularities shall be subject to discipline in accordance with law and Board policy.  If the staff member is a licensee of the Board of Educational Examiners, the Superintendent shall make a timely report to that Board.

If the Superintendent believes that assessment results are invalid, the Superintendent shall make a timely report to the Iowa Department of Education.

 

 

Approved_____________                
Reviewed 11/15/21  
Revised______________