Sumner County Board of Education Policy -- AA

Title:

SCHOOL DISTRICT - SCHOOL BOARD

LEGAL STATUS AND AUTHORITY

Authority:

TCA 49-1-101; 49-1-102; 49-1-103

Purpose:

To establish the legal status of the Sumner County School System and Board of Education

Application:

Board

Definitions:

Board shall mean the Sumner County Board of Education, local board, board of education, school board.

Policy:

The legal basis for education in Tennessee is expressed in the state Constitution and state statutes, as interpreted by the courts. School boards are instruments of the state, and members of the Board are state officers representing local citizens and the state in the management of the public schools.

The governing body shall be the Board of Education serving residents within the boundaries of the school system and non-residents under conditions specified by state law and the Board.

All powers of the Board lie in its action as a group; therefore, individual board members exercise their authority over school system affairs only as they vote to take action at an official meeting of the Board.

In other instances, an individual board member, including the chairman, shall have power only when specified by state law.