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Community Relations |
1221-BP |
The Board of Education believes that involvement of
those directly affected is essential to the creation of effective policies and programs.
The board also recognizes that the expertise, experience and opinions existing
among the residents, students and employees of the
The sole power to create advisory committees and to appoint members to these committees rests with the Board of Education. The board reserves the right to discontinue an advisory committee and to augment, reduce, or otherwise revise its membership. Committees shall be dissolved automatically one year from the date of their creation or upon completion of their task as defined by the board, whichever is first. Some committees may be reconstituted from year to year because of the continuing nature of their activity.
All advisory committees shall be considered ad hoc committees whose central purpose is to advise and report on specific topics defined in the written charge to the committees by the board.
A majority of the voting membership of any advisory
committee shall be parents and community members not employed by the
The superintendent shall recommend a budget to the board for the support of committee activities, including allotted staff time. All funds expended for committee activities shall be under control and responsibility of the superintendent or a designated staff member and all expenditures shall be approved in advance according to district fiscal procedures and state law.
All board-appointed advisory committees shall comply
with the Ralph M. Brown Act governing the meetings of public agencies.
Violation of this Act is considered to be a misdemeanor under
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Government Code |
Section 1004 |
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Education Code |
Sections 54950-54961 |
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