Leipsic Local School District
Bylaws & Policies
 

0130 - FUNCTIONS

0131

Legislative
   
 

The Board of Education shall make such guidelines as are necessary for its government and the government of its employees, students of its grounds or premises, by adopting bylaws and policies for the organization and operation of this Board and School District. (R.C. 3313.20)
   
 

Those bylaws and policies which are not dictated by the statutes or rules of the State Board of Education or ordered by the Superintendent of Public Instruction or a court of competent authority may be adopted, amended, and repealed at any meeting of the Board, provided the proposed adoption, amendment, or repeal shall have been proposed at a previous Board meeting and, once proposed, shall have remained on the agenda of each succeeding Board meeting until approved or rejected.
   
 

The Board may upon a vote of two-thirds (2/3's) of the full Board in case of a bylaw, or majority of the full Board in the case of a policy and where compelling reasons exist, cause to suspend at any time the operation of a bylaw or policy herein contained, provided the suspension does not conflict with law, and such suspension shall terminate at the next meeting of the Board or at such earlier time as is specified in the motion to suspend.
   
 

These bylaws and policies may be adopted or amended at a single meeting of the Board in an emergency. An emergency shall be defined for purposes of this rule as any situation or set of circumstances which the Board has reason to believe will close the schools or jeopardize the safety or welfare of the students or employees of the District.
   
 

Any resolution adopted under emergency conditions shall expire automatically at the first public meeting of the Board following the abatement of the emergency unless the Board moves to adopt said resolution in final form.
 

Bylaws shall be adopted, amended, or repealed by a two-thirds (2/3's) vote of the full Board (all physically present). Policies shall be adopted, amended, or repealed by a majority vote of the full Board (all physically present). (Two-thirds (2/3's) of a five (5) member Board is four (4) members)
   
 

The adoption, modification, repeal, or suspension of a Board bylaw or policy shall be recorded in the minutes of the Board. All bylaws and policies shall be printed in the Board policy manual.
   
 

The Board may adopt, amend, or repeal rules of order for its own operation by simple resolution of the Board passed by a majority of those present and voting.
   

0132

Executive
   
 

The Board shall exercise its executive power by the appointment of a Superintendent of Schools hereinafter referred to as "Superintendent", for a term not longer than five (5) years. (R.C. 3319.01)
   
 

The Superintendent shall enforce the policies of this Board, rules of the State Board and the Statutes of Ohio. (R.C. 3319.01)
   
 

The Superintendent may prepare guidelines for the administration of the School District which are consistent with statutes or regulations of the State Board or the policies of this Board and which shall be binding upon the employees of this District and the students of these schools when issued, but shall be provided to the Board in a timely manner.
   
 

The Superintendent shall be delegated the authority to take necessary action in circumstances not provided for in Board policy, and report this to the Board in a timely fashion.
   

0133

Judicial
   
 

The Board of Education may assume jurisdiction over any dispute or controversy arising within this School District and concerning any matter in which authority has been vested in the Board by statute, rule, a contract, or policy of this Board.