Board Policies

Under the directive of the Los Angeles County Board of Education, the Los Angeles County Office of Education began work in collaboration with the California School Boards Association (CSBA) to update/revise all of LACOE’s policies. The LACOE Policies Manual will continuously be a work in progress and the revision process will be ongoing. By utilizing CSBA’s policy updates, LACOE will effectively revise policies to stay current with changes in laws, including Education Code, Government Code, and other applicable statutes, regulations and court decisions.

Each policy is assigned a code number (i.e. 3580, 7345, etc.). Before each code number, you will find either:

BP Board Policy

AR Administrative Regulation

E Exhibit

BB Board Bylaw

SP Superintendent Policy

SR Superintendent Regulation

SE Superintendent Exhibit

Code numbers appear at the top-right hand corner of each policy. Lowercase letters in parentheses following the code number (a, b, c, etc.) indicate the page within the policy.

Board Policies and Board Bylaws are reviewed and adopted by the Los Angeles County Board of Education. Many policies are followed by an Administrative Regulation. An Administrative Regulation implements the Board Policies and often summarizes the law. In a few instances, there may be an Administrative Regulation without a Board Policy. Administrative Regulations and Exhibits are only approved by either the Superintendent or the Deputy Superintendent.

0000 Philosophy, Goals, Objectives and Comprehensive Plans

1000 Community Relations

2000 Administration

3000 Business and Noninstructional Operations

4000 Personnel (see note*)

5000 Students

6000 Instruction

7000 Facilities

9000 Board Bylaws

The County Superintendent serves as the employer for all LACOE employees. As a result, the 4000 personnel policies, regulations, and exhibits are not reviewed and adopted by the Los Angeles County Board of Education. They are reviewed and only adopted by the Superintendent or Deputy Superintendent.

The 4000 section is further divided based upon employee classification:

4100’s certificated employees
4200’s classified employees
4300's management, supervisory, and confidential employees

Some policies are "triple coded" (i.e. 4112.2, 4211.2, 4311.2) indicating that this policy applies to all employees - certificated, classified and management.