Welcome to the Irving Independent School District’s Policy On-Line. In an effort to communicate effectively with its publics, the Board of Trustees has made copies of its policy manual available through the internet for public viewing.

The Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) maintains Irving ISDs Board Policies through their Policy On-Line service at www.tasb.org/policy/pol/private/057912/.  This service provides employees and patrons easy access to all Irving ISD legal and local policies.  During monthly meetings, the Board of Trustees regularly reviews and adopts new versions of local policies.  There is a delay in policies being updated on Policy On-Line from the date of adoption.

The Irving ISD Board of Trustees maintains its official records of legal and local policies in hard copy form in the Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent.  The officially maintained version of a policy shall govern in the event of a discrepancy.  Questions regarding policies may be answered by contacting this office at 972-215-5005.

The Policy On-Line manual adheres to certain structural conventions. The most visible of these conventions is the presence of (LEGAL) and (LOCAL) polices at many policy codes. The separation makes a distinction between the requirements of an extensive body of school law and the policy determinations of the Board of Trustees. In understanding district policy, the users should take both legal and local policies as a whole.

LEGALLY REFERENCED POLICIES 

Legal policies track the language of the U.S. and Texas Constitutions, federal and state statutes, including the Texas Education Code, Texas attorney general opinions, State Board of Education rules and other sources of legal authority. The legal policies within the on-line manual represent the working core of legal provisions, critical to day-to-day, month-to-month decision making regarding district governance and management. The absence of a legal policy at a given policy code may mean either that the law is silent regarding this topic or that the law bearing on such topic will be found only in the TASB Policy Reference Manual available through the superintendent’s office.

LOCAL POLICIES

Local policies are identified by the designation (LOCAL) directly below the alphabetical code in the upper right corner of each page. Local polices that are preceded by a legal policy in the same code generally expand on, or qualify, the legally referenced provisions. Other local polices stand alone, portraying the Board’s state intentions in areas not otherwise addressed by law.

EXHIBITS

Exhibits are pages with forms and notices that may be used by the district. Exhibits follow the local policy and are included to assist in the implementation of policy. Exhibits have the designation (EXHIBIT) directly below the policy code in the upper right corner.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

If you have questions concerning Board policy, please contact Ralph Diaz, Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent, at 2621 W. Airport Freeway, Irving, Texas 75062-6020, or by calling 972.215.5005, or e-mail at rdiaz@irvingisd.net.