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Bonneville Joint School District No. 93
SCHOOL BOARD POWERS AND DUTIES
The Bonneville Joint School District No. 93 Board of Trustees 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 District staff that shall be held responsible for the effective administration and
supervision of the entire school system.
Guidelines
The Board, functioning within the framework of laws, court decisions, attorney ge neral's
opinions, State Department of Education regulations 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 political subdivision by acting a s follows in
the execution of its duties:
1. Enacts policy;
2. Adopts courses of study and provides instructional aides;
3. Employs all staff members and fixes and prescribes their duties.
4. Approves the budget, financial reports, audits, major expenditures, payment of
obligations and policies whereby the administration may formulate procedures,
regulations, and other guides for the orderly accomplishment of business;
5. Estimates and seeks to provide funds for the operation, support, maintenance,
improvement and extension of the school system;
6. Provides for the planning, expansion, improvement, financing, construction,
maintenance, use and disposition of physical plants of the school system;
7. Prescribes the minimum standards needed for the effic ient operation and
improvements of the school system;
8. Evaluates the educational program to determine the effectiveness with which
the schools are achieving the educational purpose of the school system;
9. Requires the establishment and maintenance of records, accounts, archives,
management methods and procedures considered essential to the effic ient
conduct of school business; and
10. Provides for the dissemination of information relating to the schools necessary
for creating a well-informed public.
Adopted: 03-09-2005 Reviewed: 08-08-2012 Revised: 07/29/2015
Legal Reference: Idaho Code § 33-313 Trustee Zones
Idaho Code § 33-501 Board of Trustees
Idaho Code § 74-202 Open Public Meetings – Definitions