BBA - School Committee Powers

The School Committee shall have general charge of all the public schools of this unit and shall exercise such other responsibilities as specifically provided by law.

The Committee shall concern itself primarily with broad questions of policy rather than with administrative details.  The application of policies is an administrative task to be performed by the Superintendent and his/her staff, who shall be held responsible for the effective administration and supervision of the entire school system.

The Committee , functioning within the framework of laws, court decisions, attorney general's opinions, and similar mandates from the state and national levels of government, and recognizing the authority of the state, fulfills its mission as the governing body of a potential subdivision by acting as follows in the execution of its duties:

A. Enacts policy;

B. Selects, employs and evaluates the Superintendent;

C. Provides for the planning, expansion, improvement, financing, construction,  

            safety and maintenance of the physical plant of the school system;

D. Prescribes the minimum standards needed for the efficient operation, safety

 and improvement of the school system;

E. Requires the establishment and maintenance of records, accounts,

 archives, management methods and procedures incidental to the

 conduct of the school business;

F. Approves the budget, financial reports, audits, major expenditures

 payment of the obligations, and policies whereby the administration may

 formulate procedures, regulations, and other guides for the orderly

 accomplishment of business;

G. Estimates the funds necessary from taxes for the operation, support,

 maintenance, safety  and improvement of the school system;

H.   Adopts curricula ;

I. Provides administration, professional, teachers, support staff,  and instructional aids;

J.   Evaluates the educational program to determine the effectiveness

 with which the school is  achieving the educational purposes of the

 school system;

K. Provides the dissemination of information relating to the schools

 necessary for creating a well-informed public; and

L. Approves/disapproves personnel nominations from the

 Superintendent and determines (where appropriate via collective

 bargaining) compensation and working conditions of all staff.

Legal Reference: 20-A MRSA ∮ 1001

   20-A MRSA ∮ 1476 (RSU)

Adoption:   December 8, 2009

Revised:    November 14, 2024