{"id":64303,"date":"2026-02-20T11:58:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T19:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/?post_type=article&#038;p=64303"},"modified":"2026-02-20T16:38:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T00:38:14","slug":"new-board-policy-review-guidance-released-by-bcsta","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/article\/new-board-policy-review-guidance-released-by-bcsta\/","title":{"rendered":"New Board Policy Review Guidance Released by BCSTA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group hide-on-main\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"taxonomy-action_or_info wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/action_or_info\/for-info\/\" rel=\"tag\">For Information<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-release_date article-release-date wp-block-post-terms\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">Published <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/release_date\/2026-02-20\/\" rel=\"tag\">Friday February 20 2026<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">New Board Policy Review Guidance Released by BCSTA<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Last summer, the BC School Trustees Association established the Board Policy Review Advisory Committee to develop guidance to support boards of education to review and modernize their policy manuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As boards of education govern through policy, this work is integral to ensure effective governance and accountability to the local community and to support the board\u2019s statutory role under the School Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BCSTA released the guidance, Policy Review for Boards of Education, this week and it is available on the BCSTA member portal. Boards are encouraged to engage with BCSTA and senior district staff to establish a process to review and modernize their policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last summer, the BC School Trustees Association established the Board Policy Review Advisory Committee to develop guidance to support boards of education to review and modernize their policy manuals. As boards of education govern through policy, this work is integral to ensure effective governance and accountability to the local community and to support the board\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/article\/new-board-policy-review-guidance-released-by-bcsta\/\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" >Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"action_or_info":[353],"release_date":[1571],"division":[1403],"target_bulletin":[413],"audiences":[323],"sort_order":[],"class_list":["post-64303","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","action_or_info-for-info","release_date-2026-02-20","division-wag","target_bulletin-district-dmb","audiences-secretary-treasurers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/64303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/64303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64511,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/64303\/revisions\/64511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"action_or_info","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/action_or_info?post=64303"},{"taxonomy":"release_date","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/release_date?post=64303"},{"taxonomy":"division","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/division?post=64303"},{"taxonomy":"target_bulletin","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/target_bulletin?post=64303"},{"taxonomy":"audiences","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audiences?post=64303"},{"taxonomy":"sort_order","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sort_order?post=64303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}