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No. 002
SECTION:
LOCAL BOARD PROCEDURES
TITLE:
AUTHORITY AND POWERS
ADOPTED:
August 23, 2004
REVISED:
EASTON AREA
SCHOOL DISTRICT
002. AUTHORITY AND POWERS
Section 1. Authority
PA Const.
Art. III
Sec. 14
SC 211, 301, 501,
507, 510
The authority to establish, equip, furnish, operate and maintain the public schools of
Easton Area School District is vested in the Board of School Directors, which is a
body corporate and is constituted and governed by Title 24 of the Pennsylvania
Statutes, the Public School Code of 1949 as amended, and Article III of the
Constitution and applicable federal and state laws and regulations.
Section 2. Powers
SC 211, 406, 407,
501, 502, 503,
507, 510, 511,
803, 1411
The Board shall establish such schools as are required for the education of every
person residing in Easton Area School District between the ages of six (6) and
twenty-one (21) years who may attend school; shall equip, furnish, operate, and
maintain the schools; shall adopt and enforce rules and regulations for the
management of school affairs and the conduct and deportment of employees and
students; and shall levy and collect taxes as may be necessary, in addition to the
annual state appropriation, for the exercise of aforesaid powers.
SC 407
The Board, in accordance with its statutory mandate, shall adopt Board procedures
for its own operation, and policies for the guidance of the Superintendent in the
operation of the school district. Board procedures and policies shall be consistent
with law, have a rational and substantial relationship to a legitimate purpose of the
Board, and be directed towards the maintenance and support of a thorough and
efficient system of public education in this district.
Pol. 102
Title 22
Sec. 4.13
The Board shall act as the general agent of the people of this district in the matter of
public education. It shall establish educational goals for district students and govern
a program of education designed to meet those goals. The Board shall be responsible
for enforcing mandatory laws and regulations. The Board shall be the agent
responsible for establishing, maintaining and evaluating the public education
activities of this school district, in accordance with law.
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Official decisions of the Board can be arrived at only at duly constituted Board
meetings. Individual Board members or groups of Board members do not have
independent authority to speak for the Board and should make no out-of-meeting
commitments unless directed to do so on behalf of the Board.
School Code
211, 301, 406, 407,
501, 502, 503, 507,
510, 511, 803, 1411
PA Constitution
Art. III
Sec. 14
PA Code
Title 22
Sec. 4.13
Board Policy
102