Handbooks & Policies Consulting | Compliance & Best Practices

Are your handbooks keeping up with an ever-changing world of legal precedent, technology advances, and changes in societal norms? COS combs through all your forms and documents to overhaul an entire handbook — or modernize a single policy. Our experts have crafted policies for 5000+ institutions over 30+ years.

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What We Achieve

Handbook Updates

Specific Policy Updates

Risk Management Forms

Student Handbook (College & K-12)
Employee Handbook (College & K-12)
Athletics Handbook (College & K-12)
Family Handbook (K-12)
Residential Life Handbook (College & Boarding)
Sub-contractor Handbook (College & K-12)
Camps Handbook

Academic Integrity & Honesty
Confidentiality
Copyright & Intellectual Property
Equity, Inclusion & Non-Discrimination
Gender Identity & Expression
Harassment & Bullying
Intimacy
Parent Expectations
Prosocial Bystanders
Sexual Misconduct
Substance Use
Technology & AI

Trip Forms
Disciplinary Process & Protocol Checklist
Overnight Travel Risk Management Checklist for Supervisors
Overnight Trips/Care Health & Wellness Checklist
Overnight Trips/Care Inspection Notice
Residence Life/Overnight Care Room Inspection (Health & Wellness) Checklist
Residence Hall Staff Guidelines & Agreement

“I must say that I do sleep better at night knowing that our handbooks will protect us around every corner. THANK YOU!”

Head of School

Masters School, NY

Ask yourself these questions.

Are your Handbook policies a match to what you deliver via your discipline and adjudication processes?
Have you ensured your Employee Handbook and Student Handbook are congruent?
Have you updated the definitions in your Handbooks to match current definitions of sexual and discriminatory misconduct?