Important Policy On-Line
Information
VIEWING
This program is best viewed in NETSCAPE. For a free down-load click the Netscape symbol below:
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NAVIGATION
The On-Line Policy Manual is navigated through six menus located to the left of the page. Each section provides a district-specific table of contents. When the policy number is selected, the policy is accessed opening a side bar containing additional information relating to the policy selected. Any legal references, cross references and additional links supporting the selected policy can be accessed from this page. When any of these items are selected it will access a single .pdf file for viewing. Simply click to close window and return to policy.
DOWNLOADING PDF FILES
When accessing PDF files on the Web, you have two options: opening the PDF file within the browser window, or opening the PDF file in Acrobat Reader as a separate application. If your browser insist on downloading PDF's to the desktop, you may have Acobat installed incorrectly. For instructions on how to load Acrobat correctly, click on the following link- http://www.adobe.com/support/readguide.html and choose your operating system and then click on Configuring a Web browser for Reader. Instructions are for both Internet Explorer and Netscape.
SEARCH
You may also use the SEARCH button to find specific policy topics by number or title.
LEGAL REFERENCES
Policies that have legal references will contain a link from the side bar of the policy. When this link is selected, it will bring up a .pdf file containing the legal reference information. To return to the policy, just close the window.
CROSS-REFERENCES
Policies that have cross references will contain a link from the side bar of the policy. When this link is selected, it will bring up a .pdf file containing selected policy. To return to the original policy, just close the window.
ADDITIONAL LINKS
Some policy pages provide links to additional web sites related to the subject. To return to the site, click "Back" on the navigational bar of the browser or close window.
TO PRINT POLICY
When printing a policy, single click anywhere on the policy itself and then select print items. This keeps the browser from printing the navigational bar and the policy page.
INCREASE SIZE OF MONITOR
Policies were designed with a viewing screen of 1024 x 768. If viewing screens needs to be larger, change to 832 x 624.
KEEPING INFORMATION CURRENT
To ensure that you have the most updated copy of your policy manual, please note:
Netscape caches, or stores the pages that you visit, so it can show them to you again without re-retrieving them over the Internet. Due to manuals being frequently updated, problems have occurred when computers were never turned off. (Computers reload themselves when restarted) You can simply "Reload" or "Refresh" your pages periodically and this will solve any updating problems.