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SCHOOL
BOARD/AUTHORITY AND DUTIES
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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: |
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1000.1 |
Board members have authority only when acting as a
body duly called in session. They have
no authority over school affairs as individuals or as groups of individuals. |
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1000.2 |
The board 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 staff who shall be held responsible
for the effective administration and supervision of the entire school system. |
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1000.3 |
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. Upon the recommendation of
the superintendent, it fulfills its mission as the governing body by acting
as follows in carrying out its duties. |
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A. |
Enacts policy. |
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B. |
Adopts courses of study and provides instructional
resources. |
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C. |
Employs all staff members and fixes and prescribes
their duties. |
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D. |
Approves the budget, financial reports, and audits. |
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E. |
Determines the need for and seeks to obtain funds
for the operation, support, maintenance, improvement, and extension of the
school system. |
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F. |
Provides for the planning, expansion, improvement,
financing, construction, maintenance, use, and disposition of physical plants
of the school system. |
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G. |
Prescribes the minimum standards needed for the
efficient operation and improvement of the school system. |
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H. |
Evaluates the educational program to determine the
effectiveness with which the schools are achieving the educational purpose of
the school system. |
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I. |
Requires the establishment and maintenance of
records, accounts, archives, management methods, and procedures considered
essential to the efficient conduct of school business. |
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J. |
Provides for the dissemination of information
relating to the schools necessary for creating a well-informed public. |
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