Board of Education Participation
by the Public
The Board encourages
volunteers who are especially qualified because of training, experience, or
personal characteristics to take an active part in school affairs. Such persons may be invited to act as
advisers both as groups and individually in:
A.
Clarifying the general ideas and attitudes held by our residents
regarding school;
B. Determining the purposes of courses of study
and special services to be provided for pupils; evaluating
the extent to which these purposes are being achieved by
present practices;
C. Giving active assistance to the professional
staff in the actual operation of classes and services where the Superintendent
and staff deem such aid valuable;
D. Offering suggestions on a specific problem or set of closely related problems about which the Board must make a decision;
E.
Coordinating the delivery of social services to students.
Volunteers carrying out prescribed functions under
the supervision of designated professional staff members shall be covered by
the Board's liability insurance policy.
Volunteers who will be in contact with pupils on a regular basis must
pass the required tuberculosis screening.
The Superintendent shall supervise development of
programs and procedures to enlist community participation in school events and
deliberations. He/she shall keep on file
information on all volunteers and documentation that requirements of law have
been fulfilled.
Citizen Advisory
Committees may be established by the Board to assist the Board in special
studies in regard to the school system.
The Board of Education, in consideration of recommendations,
retains the ultimate responsibility for policy decisions. Committees shall be formed and operate in
accordance with district regulations.
Date
Revised
Date
Adopted:
Legal References: N.J.S.A. 18A:11-1 General mandatory powers and duties
N.J.S.A.
18A:40-16 Tuberculosis
infection; determination of presence
N.J.S.A.
18A:54-20 Powers of Board
(county vocational schools)
N.J.A.C.
6:8-2.1 Reporting
requirements
N.J.A.C.
6A:24-2.1 et seq. School
Management Teams
Manual for
the Evaluation of Local School Districts
(August 2000)
Cross References: 1000/1010 Concepts
and roles in community relations; goals and objectives
1120 Board of Education meetings
1210 Community organizations
1220 Ad hoc advisory
committees
5020 Role of parents/guardians
6162.4 Community resources