Regulatory Compliance Case Study

ways that our principal and vice principal holds all accountable for their actions legally and ethically. First, our senior leadership provides training on school wide procedures, duties, responsibilities, and then presents each employee with a copy of the handbook that contains all said procedures, duties, and responsibilities. The senior leadership then requires all employees to read and familiarize themselves with the staff handbook and then sign an accountability page at the back of the handbook. Employees are then required to provide the senior leadership with a copy of the signed accountability sheets thus signifying that they have read and agree to the terms therein. Another way that our senior leadership holds employees responsible …show more content…
The first key regulatory compliance process is the process of making major purchases such as textbooks, uniforms, technology, and a variety of other major purchases. This process requires not only pre-approval by the school leadership but also a lot of leg work to find three different companies and acquire three different quotes for said items that are going to be purchased. This process helps us to stay in compliance with state regulations and allows those that are seeking purchases to find local businesses, better prices, and possibly better quality. It also helps us stay in compliance with auditors. When our school is being audited which occurs at least once a year the auditors are looking to see how the budgets are being spent and if the money is coming out of the right accounts for the right reasons. For example, if text books are ordered for science the money has to come out of the science budget not the math budget. I won’t lie this process is a pain in the neck especially when you need the equipment or textbook now. After acquiring the above mentioned, the purchase order then goes to the district level to be evaluated and approved by the school district