The Board of Education may, from time to time, establish citizen advisory committees. All appointment of citizens to advisory committees shall be approved by the Board. All appointments of staff members to citizen advisory committees shall be made by the Superintendent. Staff members shall never constitute more than a minority of any such committee. Every effort shall be made to ensure that the makeup of an advisory committee is as truly representative of the community as possible. The chairperson of an advisory committee shall be chosen from among the lay members. Board members may be ex-officio members of an advisory committee.

Specific topics for study or well-defined areas of activities shall be assigned in writing to each committee immediately following its appointment. Upon completing its assignment, a committee either shall be given a new topic for study or shall be dissolved promptly. Each committee shall be instructed as to the length of time each member is asked to serve, the resources, if any, the Board intends to provide, the approximate dates on which the Board wishes it to submit reports, and the approximate date on which the Board wishes it to complete its study.

Furthermore, the committee shall be instructed as to the relationship is has to the Board, to individual Board members, to the Superintendent, and to school employees. A staff resource person will be identified for each advisory committee, and such person will serve as a liaison between the committee and Grant County Schools relative to equipment, meeting location, personnel or funding needs. Expenditure of Grant County Schools' funds by an advisory committee shall be made only in limited circumstances and upon the prior approval of the Superintendent.

The structure and organization of an advisory committee shall be determined by the Board as appropriate to the assignment. Advisory committees shall be encouraged to draw upon a wide variety of resources both inside and outside Grant County Schools.

Correspondence between the Board and its committees shall ordinarily be conducted by the Superintendent. The Superintendent shall transmit the contents of any communication from a committee to the Board timely, generally at the next meeting of the Board. When a committee is ready to submit a report on its assigned topic, the Superintendent shall arrange a meeting for the purpose of receiving the report.

The Board shall have the sole power to dissolve any of its advisory committees and shall reserve the right to exercise this power at any time during the life of any committee.

WV Code 18-5-13
WV Code 18-5A-2
WV Code 18-2-35