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The Board views career advising as helping students understand themselves relative to their abilities, aptitudes, interests, attitudes, strengths and limitations. This process is meant to assist students in the development of their potential and their decisions relating to educational and career matters. This policy is supplemented by student graduation plans developed in accordance with law. This policy is reviewed biennially and made available to students, parents, guardians/custodians, local postsecondary institutions and residents of the District.

See Policy IJA to read the complete policy.

This letter serves as the District’s annual technology privacy notice consistent with Ohio Revised Code Sections
3319.325 - .327.

Technology Provider Contracts
Please follow this link to the Technology Service Catalog for a list of technology providers that have access to
students’ educational records for the purpose of providing curriculum, testing, or assessment services. If you wish,
you may review a copy of the District’s contract with any of the below technology providers, ask questions, or relay
concerns by contacting Brad Pettit at brad.pettit@bexley.us.

The new law also requires school districts to notify parents and guardians when monitoring student devices owned
by the school district. Below is our notice of general monitoring.

General Monitoring of School-Issued Devices
Please be aware that the District, either directly or through a technology provider, is electing to generally monitor all
school-issued devices (as that term is defined by R.C. 3319.325). The monitoring will include the following features:
location tracking and student interactions with school-issued devices (e.g., keystrokes and web-browsing activity).
The District generally monitors these features for the purpose of noncommercial education, such as instruction,
technical support, and/or exam proctoring. Additionally, these features are generally monitored as a necessary
precaution for preventing and/or responding to threats to life or safety.

Additional Google Services Notice
With recent changes to Google Workspace requirements, educational institutions must annually review and
reconfirm access to additional Google services for students under 18. Bexley City Schools personnel will approve
access to any of the services that are essential to student learning or productivity. Click here for a list of services
provided by Google currently available to Bexley City Schools users.

Note: Parents and Guardians for students have been provided access to the above notice through Student
Verification or New Student Registration via PowerSchool. Upon completion of these forms the following statement
is agreed to by the parent or guardian completing the form: “I agree that I have received the above notice regarding
Technology Provider Contracts, General Monitoring of School-Issued Devices, and Additional Google Services.”

Policy JFCF

Hazing means doing any act or coercing another, including the victim, to do any act of initiation into any student or other organization that causes or creates a substantial risk of causing mental or physical harm to any person. 

Throughout this policy and procedure the term bullying may be used in place of harassment, intimidation and bullying. 

Bullying, harassment and intimidation is an intentional written, verbal, electronic or physical act that a student has exhibited toward another particular student more than once.  The intentional act also includes violence within a dating relationship.  The behavior causes mental or physical harm to the other student and is sufficiently severe, persistent or pervasive that it creates an intimidating, threatening or abusive educational environment for the other student.  This behavior is prohibited on school property, on a school bus or at a school-sponsored activity.  Students found responsible for harassment, intimidation or bullying, including harassment, intimidation or bullying by an electronic act, may be suspended.  Discipline procedures will not infringe on any student's rights under the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.  When the behavior is sexual harassment, the Title IX sexual harassment grievance process will be followed, if applicable, prior to imposing any discipline that cannot be imposed without resolution of the Title IX process.

See Policy JFCF to read the complete policy.

Policy JFCF-R

The prohibition against hazing, dating violence, harassment, intimidation or bullying is publicized in student handbooks and in the publications that set the standard of conduct for schools and students in the District.  In addition, information regarding the policy is incorporated into employee handbooks and training materials.

See Policy JFCF-R to read the complete policy.

Policy EDE

The District will educate minors about appropriate online behavior, including interacting with other individuals and cyberbullying awareness and response. The Superintendent/designee will develop Digital Wellness resources to educate students on these issues.

See Policy EDE to read the complete policy.

Policy AC

The Board is committed to an environment in which all individuals, including students, staff, job applicants, the general public and individuals with whom it does business, are treated with dignity and respect. The Board prohibits discrimination based on race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, religion, sex, (including without limitation gender identity and sexual orientation) economic status, age, disability, military status or legally acquired genetic information.

See Policy AC to read the complete policy.

Policy ACA

The U.S. Department of Education has published regulations for implementing Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits sex discrimination in federally assisted education programs. 

Title IX states, in part:  “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.” 

The Board ensures compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the regulations promulgated through the U.S. Department of Education.

See Policy ACA to read the complete policy.

The Bexley City School District Board of Education does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, including sexual orientation and gender identity, disability, age, religion, military status, ancestry, genetic information, or any other legally protected category in its programs and activities, including employment opportunities.

Bexley Education Association leadership, outlines how the schools would operate during an extended building closure due to events such as disease epidemic, damage to a school building, and other situations. As specified by the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce, the document addresses teacher-directed synchronous learning; attendance and participation; equitable access, connectivity and technology; and communication with staff, students and families.

Because Bexley Schools exceed the number of required hours of student instruction, it is not anticipated that our Online Learning Plan would go into effect until Bexley students have missed seven school days. The district will communicate more detailed information about how online learning should occur if it appears we may reach that threshold.

Bexley Schools Online Learning Plan

From Policy IGBLA

The Board promotes parental involvement in the public school system. The Board directs the Superintendent/designee to develop procedures necessary to comply with the provisions of this policy. 

See Policy IGBLA to read the complete policy.

The Bexley Board of Education addresses parental involvement through multiple Board policies. See the following:

Gender Identity and Expression (Policy ACAB)

Staff-Student Relations (Policies GBH/JM)

Guidance Program (Policy IJ)

Student Health Services and Requirements (Policy JHC)

Physical Examination of Students (Policy JHCA)

Student Safety (Policy JHF)

Family Life Education/Sex Education (Policy IGAH/IGAI)

PBIS is a multi-tiered school-wide, behavioral framework developed and implemented for the purpose of improving academic and social outcomes and increasing learning for all students. The Board directs the Superintendent/designee to develop a PBIS system/framework consistent with the components set forth in the State Board of Education’s (SBOE) policy, State law and this policy. The District implements PBIS on a systemwide basis in an effort to promote positive interactions and solutions within the District. The District encourages family involvement as an integral part of its PBIS system. This policy is implemented in accordance with all applicable definitions set forth in State law.

See Policy JP to read the complete policy.

The Board reasonably accommodates the sincerely held religious beliefs and practices of individual students with regard to all examinations or other academic requirements and absences for reasons of faith or religious or spiritual belief systems in accordance with State law. 

Students in grades kindergarten through 12 will be excused for up to three religious expression days per school year to take holidays for reasons of faith or religious or spiritual belief systems, or participate in activities conducted under the auspices of a religious denomination, church or other religious or spiritual organization. No academic penalty will be imposed on a student who is absent for such reasons in accordance with this policy. The number of hours for which a student is absent on an approved religious expression day is not considered in the calculations for determining absence hours for the purpose of parental notification under Ohio Revised Code 3321.191(C)(1). 

See Policy JEDC to read the complete policy.

Source: Ohio Department of Education & Workforce

From Policy AC:

Reports and Complaints of Unlawful Discrimination/Harassment

Individuals who feel they have been subjected to unlawful discrimination or retaliation may file a complaint, either orally or in writing, with the compliance officer or an administrator, supervisor or other district-level administrator. Employees are required to promptly report to the compliance officer or an administrator, supervisor or other district-level administrator when they become aware of incidents of unlawful discrimination or retaliation. All other persons associated with the District are encouraged to promptly report when they become aware of such incidents. Any administrator, supervisor or district-level administrator who receives such a complaint must forward it to the compliance officer.

See Policy AC to read the complete policy.

The Bexley Board of Education addresses sexual and other forms of harassment through multiple Board policies. See the following:

Sexual Harassment (Policy ACAA and ACAA-R)
Nondiscrimination/Harassment Complaint Procedures (Policy AC-R)
Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex (Policy ACA)
Sexual Harassment Complaint Form (Policy ACA/ACAA-E)
Gender Identity and Expression (Policy ACAB)
Protection for Reporting Safety and Fraud Violations (Whistleblowers) (Policy EBCE)
Computer/Online Services (Acceptable Use and Internet Safety) (Policy EDE and EDE-R)
Suspension and Termination of Professional Staff Members (Policy GCPD)
Suspension, Demotion and Termination of Classified Staff Members (Policy GDPD)
Permanent Exclusion (Policy JEGA)
Student Conduct (Policy JFC-R)
Hazing and Bullying (Harassment, Intimidation and Dating Violence (Policies JFCF and JFCF-R)
Student Discipline (Policy JG)
Emergency Removal of Student (Policy JGDA)
Student Expulsion (Policy JGE)
Reporting Child Abuse and Mandatory Training (Policy JHG)
Public Complaints About District Personnel (Policy KLD)

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits sex discrimination in educational programs and activities. All public and private schools, school districts, colleges and universities receiving federal funds must comply with Title IX.

The regulations implementing Title IX are enforced by the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights and prohibit discrimination, exclusion, denial, limitation, or separation based on gender. Intended to end sex discrimination in all areas of education. 

Learn more about Bexley Schools’ Title IX Coordination, Training, and Reporting.