1000                                 SCHOOL BOARD/AUTHORITY AND DUTIES                              1000

The name of the school board is the "Wake County Board of Education."  The Board is committed to its mission that the Wake County Public School System will educate each student to be a responsible and productive citizen who can effectively manage future challenges.  The official seal of the Wake County Board of Education is:

A.  Authority

            1.  Board members have authority only when acting as a body duly called in session. 

2.  They have no authority over school affairs as individuals or as groups of individuals.

B.  Duties

1.  The Board shall concern itself primarily with broad questions of policy rather than with administrative details.

2.  The application of policies is an administrative task to be performed by the Superintendent and staff who shall be held responsible for the effective administration and supervision of the entire school system.

C.  Functions

1.  The Board functions within the framework of laws, court decisions, Attorney General's opinions, State Board of Education policies, and similar mandates from the state and national levels of government.

2.  The Board fulfills its mission as the governing body by acting as follows in carrying out its duties.

            a. Enacts policy.

b. Adopts courses of study and provides instructional resources.

c. Employs all staff members and prescribes their duties.

d. Approves the budget, financial reports, and audits.

e. Determines the need for and seeks to obtain funds for the operational support, maintenance, improvement, and extension of the school system.

f. Provides for the planning, expansion, improvement, financing, construction, maintenance, use, and disposition of physical plants of the school system.

g. Prescribes the minimum standards needed for the efficient operation and improvement of the school system.

h. Evaluates the educational program to determine the effectiveness with which the schools are achieving the educational purpose of the school system.

i. Requires the establishment and maintenance of records, accounts, archives, management methods, and procedures considered essential to the efficient conduct of school business.

j. Provides for the dissemination of information relating to the schools necessary for creating a well-informed public.

k. Support the employment of those persons best qualified to serve as school staff and insist on a regular and impartial evaluation of all staff.