Lebanon School District achieves smarter policy management with Diligent Community

Lebanon School District, serving New Hampshire’s diverse students, faced mounting challenges in keeping pace with legislative changes and policy tracking. Manual processes, fragmented tools and slow updates made collaboration and compliance difficult — until they switched to Diligent Community and its powerful Policy Publisher feature.

Superintendent Amy Allen calls Policy Publisher “a game changer”, turning once dreaded tasks into simple, transparent processes that drive better outcomes:

Key results:

• Real-time collaboration. Policy committee members can now edit and update policies live during meetings. 
• Effortless version tracking. Every policy is seamlessly tracked from draft to adoption, complete with change timelines and approval history. Board members and administrators always work from the latest version, empowering confident decisions.
• Rapid policy turnaround. Diligent Community enabled the district to implement urgent policies — in one case, completing a major new policy cycle in only four days. “From a compliance perspective… the policy is there and published. We were able to do that in a 4-day turnaround,” shares Superintendent Allen.
• Transparency for the public. Policies are published directly to the district's transparency website, making it easy for community members to access the latest information, reducing confusion and increasing engagement.
• Measurable efficiency gains. Policy management and agenda preparation now take minutes instead of hours, saving more than 50% of time and reducing administrative burden.

Download the case study today to see why superintendents and boards recommend Diligent Community’s Policy Publisher as the future of policy governance.