Massachusetts Association of School Committees, Inc Online Policy - - PDF document

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Massachusetts Association

• f School Committees, Inc

Online Policy Manual

Online Policy Manuals

 Create a convenient, paperless policy

collection

 Accessible to School Committee

members, administrators, teachers, and parents

 Anytime, all the time  User friendly, easy to navigate,

word-searchable, and expandable

What are the Benefits?

 Fingertip access  Faster updates  Reduced administrative costs  Paperless efficiency  Searchable information

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How will this help us?

 Get a powerful, digital document

format to search reference information

 User-friendly interface  High speed retrieval of information  Requires no special training  At your fingertips: full text searching

and easy navigation

How will this help us?

 Instant results  References the full text of

Massachusetts General Laws cited

 Enables users to connect district

policies with legal requirements and Department of Education regulations

How does it work?

 Policy manual is converted into MASC

database using a digital publishing platform

 Footnote citations, cross-references

and legal references are digitally linked for full viewing

 Database is transmitted to server

and posted on our hosting site

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How does it work?

 Policy manual can then be viewed

anywhere by anyone who has access to the Internet

 We supply you with the URL to

include as a link on your own school district home page

 You send any changes to your

policies to us, and we modify the database accordingly

How much does this cost?

 For a district with a manual

convertible to Word:

• First year cost is $3,500.00
• Annual renewal fee is $950.00

 Includes unlimited updates  Initial contract is for two years, then

renewed annually

Online Policy Manual

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2004 Massachusetts Association of School Committees, Inc