Code Number: 200.2
Powers
A school board is the governing body of a political subdivision of the State of Iowa and operates as a corporate body. The Board of Directors (“Board”), acting on behalf of the District, has jurisdiction over school matters within the territory of the District.
The Board is empowered to make policy for its own governance, for employees, for students, and for District facilities. The Board is also empowered to enforce its policies. The Board may, through its quasi-judicial power, conduct hearings, and rule on issues and disputes confronting the District.
The Board has these powers and all other powers expressly granted to it in federal and state law as well as the powers that can be reasonably implied from those express powers.
Responsibilities
The Board is authorized to govern the District which it oversees. As the governing body of the District, the Board has three duties to perform: legislative duty, executive duty, and evaluative duty.
As a representative of the citizens of the District community, the Board is responsible for legislating policy for the District. As a policy-making body, the Board has jurisdiction to enact policy with the force and effect of law for the management and operation of the District.
It is the responsibility of the Board, under the Board’s executive duty, to select its chief executive officer, the Superintendent, to operate the District on the Board’s behalf. The Board delegates to the Superintendent its authority to carry out Board policy, to formulate and carry out rules and regulations, and to handle the administrative details in a manner that supports and is consistent with Board policy. The Board also serves to oversee the work of the Superintendent through the process of the superintendent’s evaluation.
The Board has a responsibility to review the education program’s performance under its evaluative duty. The Board regularly reviews the education program and ancillary services. The review includes a careful study and examination of the facts, conditions, and circumstances surrounding the number of funds received or expended and the education program’s ability to achieve the Board’s educational philosophy and goals for the District.
- First Adoption:
- 1992-09-22
- Revision Adoption:
- September 9, 1997/ July 15, 2003/ July 20, 2009/ January 23, 2012/ June 26, 2017
- Reviewed Dates:
- April 26, 2017
- Legal Reference:
- Iowa Code Sections 28E, 274.1-2, .7, 279 ; 281 IAC 12.1(2), .3(2)