P2210 School Site Councils
- 1100 Administration
P2210 School Site Councils
Each school shall have a School Site Council to identify, consider, and discuss educational problems and issues in the local school and to provide advice and counsel for evaluating state, school district, and school site performance goals and objectives, and to recommend methods which may be employed at the school site to meet these goals and objectives.
Administrative Implemental Procedures
- Although specific functions of the School Site Council will vary widely in the different schools, the general objectives of the council are as follows:
- To identify, consider, and discuss educational problems and issues.
- To provide information from school to community and from community to school.
- To provide advice and counsel for evaluating school district performance goals and objectives and make recommendations, which may be employed at the school to meet these goals and objectives.
- Membership on the council shall be representative of the school and of the community which the school serves. Parity of school district and community membership is desirable. Members of the council must be selected to include a representative (or representatives) from each group listed below:
- School: Principal, Teachers, Other School Personnel
- Community: Parents, Business Community Representatives, Representatives of Community Organizations
- The council shall establish operational guidelines for the council. Such guidelines shall set forth procedures for selecting members, establishing a meeting format, including time and place of meeting, selecting council leadership, including a chairperson, and method of amending site council guidelines.
- Each council shall meet two times per school year. Additional council meetings shall be scheduled to reflect the needs of the school community.
Administrative Responsibility: Learning Services
Latest Revision Date: February 2019
Previous Revision Date: August 2006 P2210