THE PEOPLE AND THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICT. The School Committee has the dual responsibility for implementing statutory requirements pertaining to public education and local citizens' expectations for the education of the community’s youth. It also has an obligation to determine and assess citizens' desires. When citizens elect delegates to represent them in the conduct of public education, their representatives have the authority to exercise their best judgment in determining policies, making decisions, and approving procedures for carrying out the responsibility. The School Committee therefore affirms and declares its intent to:
THE PEOPLE AND THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICT. The public schools belong to the people. The people govern the schools under rights guaranteed to them by the Constitution and statutes of the State of Illinois. The people exercise their proprietorship through the elective process. They elect state and federal representatives who establish – through the Illinois General Assembly and the United States Congress – the framework of law within which the schools operate. The people elect a school board to represent them and to determine local educational plans and policies and to establish publicly-endorsed educational goals and objectives. The School Board functions as an agent of the public within this framework. The people are the ultimate governors of public education and the School Board is directly accountable to the people. The School Board receives assistance from the Superintendent, teachers, other school personnel and students in the process of accountability. LEGAL REF.: Ill. Constitution, Art. X Adopted: August 19, 1993 Page 1 of 1 Revised: February 26, 2004 Newark Community High School District 18 1:10
