BCE - Standing Committees

The Acton School Committee shall authorize the establishment of ad hoc standing committees that it finds necessary to study operations in specific areas and to make recommendations for School Committee action.  The following rules will govern the appointment and function of such committees:

• The Standing Committee shall be established through action of the School Committee, as the need arises.

• Membership on a Standing Committee must include participation by one or more school committee members, and may include additional members from the Acton School Community. 

• The Standing Committee members shall be appointed by the School Committee Chair and each Standing Committee shall elect its own Chair at the Committee’s goal-setting workshop.

• The Standing Committee shall be provided with a list of its specific functions and duties.

• The Standing Committee may make recommendations for the School Committee’s action, but it may not act for the School Committee.

• All Standing Committees shall be dissolved at the end of the School Committee’s year at an annual organizational meeting unless they are specifically reappointed. They may be dissolved at any time by a vote of the School Committee.

All Standing Committee meetings are open to the public except as provided in the Freedom of Access Law.

Standing Committees shall be composed of less than a majority of the membership of the School Committee.

Legal Reference: 1 M.R.S.A § 401 et seq.

Adopted:   February 12, 2002

Revised:   January 13, 2022