Wa-Nee Community School Corporation
Bylaws & Policies
 

0100 - DEFINITIONS

The bylaws of the School Board of this Corporation incorporate quotations from the statutes and administrative code of the State of Indiana as well as from the Federal statutes and regulations. Such quotations may be substantively altered only by appropriate legislative, judicial, or administrative action.

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

Administrative Guideline
   
 

A statement, based on policy, usually written, which outlines and/or describes the means by which a policy should be implemented and which provides for the management cycle of planning, action, and assessment or evaluation.
   
 

Agreement
   
 

A collectively-negotiated contract with a recognized bargaining unit.
   
 

Board
   
 

The Board of School Trustees.
   
 

Bylaw
   
 

Rule of the Board for its own governance.
   
 

Corporation
   
 

The School Corporation.
   
 

Due Process
   
 

Procedural due process requires prior knowledge (a posted discipline code), notice of offense (accusation), and the opportunity to respond.
 

Procedural due process may require right to counsel and/or confrontation or cross examination of witnesses, depending upon the situation.
   
 

Full Board
   
 

Authorized number of voting members entitled to govern the Corporation.
   
 

May
   
 

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

Meeting
   
 

A gathering of the majority of the members of the Board for the purpose of taking official action upon the business of the School Corporation. (I.C. 5-14-1.5-2(c)(d))
   
 

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.
   
 

Policy
   
 

A general, written statement by the governing board which defines its expectations or position on a particular matter and authorizes appropriate action that must or may be taken to establish and/or maintain those expectations.
   
 

President
   
 

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

Principal
   
 

The educational leader and head administrator of one or more Corporation schools. In policy and administrative guidelines, implies authority to delegate designated responsibilities to appropriate members of his/her staff.
   
 

Professional Staff Member
   
 

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

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 School Trustees. (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 person who is officially enrolled in a school or program of the Corporation.
   
 

Superintendent
   
 

The chief executive officer of the School Corporation. In policy, implies delegation of responsibilities to appropriate staff members.
 

Support Employee
   
 

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

Vice-President
   
 

The Vice-President of the Board of School Trustees.
 

(See Bylaw 0170)
   
 

Voting
   
 

A vote at an open meeting of the School Board. See Bylaw 0167.1.

Citations to the Indiana Code are shown as I.C. followed by the Section Number (e.g., I.C. 20-10.1-1). Citations to the Indiana Administrative Code are prefaced 511 I.A.C. (e.g., 511 I.A.C. 6-5-1). Citations to the Federal Register are noted as FR, to the Code of Federal Regulations as C.F.R., and to the United States Code as U.S.C.