HOW TO
LINK OR UPLOAD
POLICIES
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What you will need
• Instructions
• Computer
• Legal Framework Authoring Account
• School Board Policies
Linking – locate policies on-line
through your LEA web site
Uploading – electronic copy of policies
saved in PDF format.
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Open your
Legal Framework
Authoring Account
Start at
www.esc18.net
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Click on
the Legal
Framework
IDEA 2004
icon.
Click on the
Administrator
link to log in to
your LF
Authoring
Account.
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Enter your
appropriate
email and
password
information
then click
Login.
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Check to make
sure you are
working under
the correct
district number
and Agency
Type then click
Continue.
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Click on the binoculars icon to select a
framework and begin
linking/uploading policies.
The system automatically
opens in the
Manage Policies & Procedures
tab
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The policy references listed will be based
on the Agency Type you selected.
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The policy references listed will be
based on the Agency Type you selected.
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February 2012 TASB updated
their website with new URLs
for every policy.
ALL policy reference/links
that were created in the Legal
Framework system prior to
the 2012 training MUST be
deleted.
The old policy
references/links must be
deleted before the new policy
links can be created.
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Notice some policy references [in the green box] have
a parenthetical (LEGAL) or (LOCAL) after the title.
Any policy with a parenthetical is an old policy and
must be deleted.
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The system has now updated to the new policy titles
and all of the parenthetical references are gone. You
are now ready to start the process of linking to the
policies’ new URLs.
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LINKING
To link a policy, click
Add Policy Procedure Reference. 15
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Note the name of the policy, then minimize
this screen and return to the desktop.
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In order to continue,
you need to locate
TASB POLICY ON-LINE
for your district.
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From your desktop,
open a web browser.
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From any webpage, type in your
district’s website address (URL) or
search for the website.
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Each school district’s website is
different. Navigate through your
district’s website to locate a link to
the Board Policies.
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Click on the link to the
School Board Policies.
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Enter the title of the policy to be linked
and click Go.
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Highlight and copy the URL of the specific policy code
page.
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Re-open the
Add Policy page
by clicking on it in the
window tabs at the top of the screen or
the task bar at the bottom of the screen.
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Paste the URL into the linking box
then click Submit.
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The system should now indicate this
policy is Completed.
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Move down to the next policy listed
and repeat the process.
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UPLOADING
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All
UPLOADED
policies must be in
file format.
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To upload a policy click
Add Policy Procedure Reference.
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Click Choose File to locate the policy.
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Use the pop-up window to navigate
through the computer to locate the
specific policy.
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Click on the specific policy to select it.
Click Open to load it.
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Verify that the correct policy is now
loaded then click Submit.
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The system should now indicate
this policy is Completed.
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Enter Reason
Not Submitted
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Click on Enter Reason Not Submitted.
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In the box provided, type the reason for not
submitting this policy then click Save.
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The system should now indicate this
policy is Not Submitted.
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After all policies for this framework are Completed
or a reason for Not Submitted has been entered,
click on Back to Frameworks.
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Select the next framework to continue,
repeat the linking/uploading process.
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CHECKING YOUR WORK
For both linked and uploaded
policies
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Click on Framework Display Portlet
to check your work.
Enter your
County-District
Number
and click
Continue.
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Choose the
first
Framework
you wish to
check then
click the title
as a link to
open it.
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The policy title
is a link to
open and view
that policy.
Click on each
policy to verify
that is opens
correctly.
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Make sure
that the
correct
policy opens
in a new
window/tab
and is
viewable.
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Once you have checked each
linked/uploaded policy and
have verified that each one will
open and view from the public
Display Portlet, then you have
completed the process.
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Let’s go live now and work through
the process.
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