EDUCATION AGENCY AND GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
Law Enforcement and Fire Departments
The administration shall insure that a cooperative effort is maintained between the officials of the school district and law enforcement agencies. It is paramount that the rights of the school, the home, the civil authorities, and the individual are clearly understood and protected.
Educational programs designed to make the youth of our schools sensitive to the need for and the practice of good safety habits may be sponsored jointly by the school district and the fire department. The school staff and administrators are urged to cooperate with personnel of the fire department in every possible way.
Local Communities
Cooperation will be maintained with the community of Harrisburg in the use of community buildings, elections, traffic control about the school sites, and other areas of concern.
Health Department
This school district will cooperate with all health agencies in developing procedures for the control of communicable diseases in the school. All procedures shall conform to the regulations for the communicable disease control set up by the state health department. It shall be the responsibilities of the school principal and school nurse to assist in meeting the provisions of the health department concerning communicable and contagious diseases by promptly reporting to the superintendent of schools the presence of any such disease. Re-entry of students diagnosed as having been infected with a communicable disease will be allowed only upon the recommendation of a reputable medical authority, and the school will reserve the right to seek independent medical advice on such situations.
The school district will participate in school immunization clinics if approved, recommended, and directed by county or state health agencies.
County and Intermediate Units
This school district will participate in the services offered by Educational Service Unit No. 13 and/or other regional agencies if the services meet the educational needs of the students in the district.
Active participation will be maintained with other area boards of education.
State and Regional Agencies
The school district will strive to maintain full accreditation with the Nebraska File: 1007.00 Department of Education and will cooperate with the Nebraska Department of Health, the State Auditors Office, and those other State agencies which may interact with public school education.
Federal Programs
The school district will participate in programs of the Elementary and Secondary Educational Act (ESEA) of 1965 as long as those programs demonstrate appreciable value in the overall educational program of the school.
Relations With Activities Associations and Athletic Conferences
The board of education supports the concept of membership for this school district in associations which will enable our school to benefit from cooperative development and supervision of our educational programs. The board of education, in entering into any such membership, recognizes and agrees that any administrative or legal action contemplated by the board in the name of the schools must conform to the published policies, rules and regulations of any such association.
If conflict between the policies, rules and regulations of this school district and those of any association in which this district maintains membership should arise, the board of education reserves the right to decide whether its policies, rules and regulations should be placed in harmony with those of the association, or the membership should be terminated.
The board of education will annually determine the school district's membership in school board associations and athletic conferences.
