Model policy library · a shelf to adopt from, not a blank page
A maintained model-policy shelf -- adopt an edition straight into your own manual
Most boards do not write policy from a blank page; they adapt a model a state association maintains. This shelf holds that shape: a structured, numbered catalog of model policies, each with its own edition history, that a governance officer can adopt directly into the district's own manual as its next draft version -- through the exact same lifecycle law the manual itself runs on, never a separate, forked path.
Per-tenant · authored directly today
Same governance engine as the board-policy manual -- see the policy manual and its version history.
The maintained shelf
A structured catalog, not a blank page
Most boards do not write policy from scratch; they adapt a model a state association maintains. This shelf holds that shape: a structured, numbered catalog of model policies, each with its own edition history, organized into the same nine manual categories your board policy manual already uses.
governance students personnel finance facilities instruction community relations bylaws other
A structured policy-code shelf
A structured policy-code shelf
Each model policy carries a structured code -- one to four leading letters for its manual section, then optional dash-joined groups, the shape a real board policy code takes (a code like BDDF, JFC, or KCD-R). Codes are collision-checked and sorted by section, the way a printed policy manual is organized.
BDDF JFC KCD-R
Codes are collision-checked per school and sorted by section, the way a printed policy manual is organized.
Editions, numbered and immutable
Editions, numbered and immutable
A model policy's editions are numbered the same immutable way the manual's own versions are -- the next edition is always the highest existing number plus one, never a silent overwrite of the last one.
Single-path reuse, never a forked rulebook
Adopt an edition into your manual in one step
Adopting a model edition builds the next DRAFT version of your own board policy directly from its text -- routed through the exact same version-numbering, authorization, and empty-content law the manual's own versions use. There is no forked, second rulebook for an adopted policy.
Adopting a model edition routes through the exact same governance-officer gate, tenant match, empty-content guard, and version-number sequence your board policy manual already runs on -- there is no second, forked path for an adopted policy.
Honest about what is not wired yet
Authored directly -- no external feed connected yet
The connector that would automatically pull editions from a real state association's live feed is not wired. Until it is, a governance officer authors and edits the shelf's entries directly; we do not claim a live sync to any specific association that does not exist.
This shelf is per-tenant -- your board's own model-policy library, not a global or public catalog shared across districts. A model policy's maintaining association is stored as a plain, generic label your district sets -- never a brand name we assert on your behalf.
Adult governance tooling
No student field, anywhere on this shelf
The model-policy library and its adopt-into-your-manual flow are governance-officer tooling: policy codes, titles, categories, and edition text. No row here carries a student reference of any kind -- this module is census-neutral, the same posture as the board-policy manual itself.
Get started
See the shelf on your own board's manual
There is no pricing commitment and no signup on this page. A governance walkthrough shows the current, honest state of the model-policy shelf and the adopt-into-your-manual flow.
FAQ
Common questions
Where do the model policy templates come from?
You author them directly today. The shelf is built to hold a state association's maintained, numbered model policies and let you adopt an edition straight into your own manual -- but the connector that would automatically pull editions from a real external association's feed is not wired yet. Until it is, a governance officer authors and edits the shelf's entries by hand; we never claim a live feed that does not exist.
Is board governance automatically turned on for our school?
No. The policy manual and the board-meeting workspace are each an add-on module a district enables for its board -- neither is on by default. A district that has not turned a module on sees nothing different; the surfaces stay dark until a governance officer's school or district administrator switches them on.
Does any student appear on the public board page?
No. The public record is your board's agenda, minutes, motions, and named roll-call votes -- adult public officials answering on the record, not students. It carries no internal ids and no student reference of any kind. Anywhere else a student's data lives on the platform, it stays behind the platform's consent gate: a minor without recorded consent is never public, indexed, or searchable.
What does this cost?
Money is honest-off on this front door: no price, no checkout, no plan comparison lives here. Pricing lives on the pricing page, and a governance walkthrough is the way to talk through what your board specifically needs.
How does our board get its records into the system?
Sign in the same way your district already does -- single sign-on -- and a governance officer opens a meeting, defines a policy, or records a motion directly inside the workspace. There is no separate spreadsheet import for board records today; the workspace is where the record is made.