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DDESS School Board Responsibilities
The following are responsibilities
of the School Board.
- Participate in the development and oversight
of fiscal, personnel, and educational policies, procedures,
and programs.
- Provide to the Director, DoD DDESS, names
of applicants for a vacancy in the Superintendent’s position
after a recruitment has been accomplished.
- Prepare an annual
written on-site review of the Superintendent’s performance
for consideration by the Director, DoD DDESS.
- Participate
in the development of the school system’s budget for
submission to the Director, DoD DDESS, for her approval as
endorsed by the school board
- Participate in the oversight
of the approved budget, in conjunction with the Superintendent,
as appropriate for operation of the school arrangement.
- Provide counsel to the Superintendent on the operation
of the school and the implementation of the approved
budget.
- Participate in the development of school policies,
rules, and regulations, in conjunction with the Superintendent,
and recommend which policies shall be reflected in the
School Policy Manual. At a minimum, the Policy Manual,
which shall be issued by the Superintendent, shall include
the following:
- A statement of the school philosophy.
- The role and responsibilities of school administrative
and educational personnel.
- Provisions for promulgation
of an annual school calendar.
- Provisions on instructional
services, including policies for development and adoption
of curriculum and textbooks.
- Regulations affecting students,
including attendance, grading, promotion, retention,
and graduation criteria, and the student code of rights,
responsibilities, and conduct.
- School policy on community
relations and non-instructional services, including maintenance
and custodial services, food services, and student transportation.
See the full instruction: Department
of Defense Instruction 1342.25. |
