Board Bylaws and Policies
Please note that, as appropriate, Board Policy may be being reviewed and updated by the School Board. Proposed changes in Board Policy will be presented for examination and adoption by the entire Board during the year at the Board's monthly Regular Meetings.
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA):
Title IX
It is the policy of the Board of Education and the Mar Lee School District not to unlawfully discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, religion, height, weight, marital status, handicap or disability. The District reaffirms its long-standing policy of compliance with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations prohibiting discrimination.
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender or handicap. Please direct any questions that you may have to:
Chad M. Holt Title IX Coordinator
21236 H. Drive North
Marshall, MI 49068
(269)781-5412
Parents Right-to-Know Policy
At the beginning of each school year, any district that receives funds under NCLB Title I shall notify the parents of each student attending any school receiving funds that the parents may request, and the agency will provide the parents on request and in a timely manner, information regarding the professional qualifications of the student’s classroom teachers including, at a minimum, the following:
• Whether Michigan Department of Education (MDE) has licensed or qualified the teacher for the grades and subjects he or she teaches.
• Whether MDE has decided that the teacher can teach in a classroom without being licensed or qualified under state regulations because of special circumstances.
• The teacher’s college major; whether the teacher has any advanced degrees and, if so, the subject of the degrees.
• Whether any teachers or similar paraprofessionals provide services to the parent’s child and, if so, their qualifications.
In addition, parents may request and a school shall provide to each parent the following:
• Information on the level of achievement of their child in each of the state academic assessments as required under NCLB; and • Timely notice that their child has been assigned, or has been taught, for four or more consecutive weeks by a teacher who is not highly qualified.