Ashtabula County Joint Vocational School District
Bylaws & Policies
 

0100 - DEFINITIONS

Whenever the following items are used in these bylaws and policies, they shall have the meaning set forth below:
 

Agreement
   
 

A collectively negotiated contract with a recognized bargaining unit.
   
 

Board
   
 

The Board of Education.
   
 

Bylaw
   
 

Rule of the Board for its own governance.
   
 

Classified Employee
   
 

An employee who provides support to the District's program and whose position does not require a teaching certificate.
   
 

Director
   
 

The person in charge of a major program or section of the Vocational School's operation. It implies delegation of specific responsibilities to designees.
   
 

District
   
 

The Joint Vocational School District.
   
 

Due Process
   
 

The safeguards to which a person is entitled in order to protect his/her rights.
   
 

Full Board
   
 

Authorized number of voting members entitled to govern the District.
 

May
   
 

This word is used when an action by the Board or its designee is permitted but not required.
   
 

Meeting
   
 

Any gathering which is attended by or open to all of the members of the Board, held with the intent on the part of the members of the body present to discuss or act as a unit upon the specific public business of that body.
   
 

Parent
   
 

The natural, adoptive, or surrogate parents or the party designated by the courts as the legal guardian or custodian of a student. Both parents will be considered to have equal rights unless a court of law decrees otherwise. When a student is the subject of a power of attorney or caretaker authorization affidavit executed by the student’s grandparent(s) designated as the attorney-in-fact under the power of attorney or the grandparent who executed the affidavit.
   
 

Although the grandparent shall have rights and responsibilities with regard to the care, physical custody, and control of the student, including the ability to enroll the student in school, to obtain from the District educational or behavioral information about the student, consent to all school related matters, and consent to medical, psychological, or dental treatment for the student, the power of attorney does not convey legal custody of the grandchild to the grandparent and does not affect the rights of the parent, guardian, or custodian of the student in any future proceeding concerning the custody of the student or allocation of parental rights and responsibilities for the care of the student.
 

Likewise, although the grandparent shall have rights and responsibilities with regard to the care, physical custody, and control of the student, including the ability to enroll the student in school, to discuss with the District the student’s educational progress, consent to all school related matters, and consent to medical, psychological, or dental treatment for the student, the caretaker authorization affidavit does not convey legal custody of the grandchild to the grandparent and does not affect the rights of the student’s parents, guardian or custodian regarding the care, physical custody, and control of the child.
   
 

R.C. 3109.52, 3109.65, 3313.64
   
 

Participating Local District
   
 

A city, exempted village, or local school district that is part of the tax base of the District or makes arrangements to participate in a program or service offered by the District.
   
 

Policy
   
 

General written statement which signifies the position of the Board of Education concerning the functioning of the schools and which authorizes appropriate action and feedback.
   
 

President
   
 

The chief executive officer of the Board of Education. (See Bylaw 0170)
   
 

Professional Staff Member
   
 

An employee who implements or supervises one (1) or more aspects of the District's program and whose position requires a credential from the State Department of Education.
   
 

Relative
   
 

The mother, father, sister, brother, spouse, parent of spouse, child, grandparents, grandchild, or dependent in the immediate household as defined in the negotiated, collectively-bargained agreement.
 

Secretary
   
 

The chief clerk of the Board of Education. (See Bylaw 0170)
   
 

Shall
   
 

This word is used when an action by the Board or its designee is required. (The word "will" or "must" signifies a required action.)
   
 

Student
   
 

A student from a participating local district or a person who is officially enrolled in a program of the District.
   
 

Superintendent
   
 

The chief operating officer of the School District. It implies delegation of specific responsibilities to designees.
   
 

Treasurer
   
 

The chief financial officer of the District. (See Bylaw 0170)
   
 

Vice-President
   
 

The Vice-President of the Board of Education. (See Bylaw 0170)
   
 

Voting
   
 

A vote at a meeting of the Board of Education. The law requires that Board members must be physically present in order to have their vote officially recorded in the Board minutes. (R.C. 3313.18, 3313.20)
Citations to Ohio Statute are noted as R.C. (Revised Code). Citations to Rules of the State Board of Education are noted as A.C. (Administrative Code). Citations to the Federal Register are noted as F.R., to the Code of Federal Regulations as C.F.R., and to the United States Code as U.S.C.

Revised 10/18/04