Mt. Pleasant Public Schools
Bylaws & Policies
 

0130 - FUNCTIONS

0131

Legislative
   

0131.1

Bylaws and Policies
   
 

The Board of Education shall adopt bylaws and policies for the organization and operation of this Board and the District.
   
 

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or ordered by the Superintendent of Public Instruction or a court of competent authority may be adopted, amended, and repealed at any meeting of the Board, provided the proposed adoption, amendment, or repeal shall have been proposed at a previous Board meeting and, once proposed,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.
   
 

Bylaws and policies shall be adopted, amended, repealed, or suspended by a majority vote of the Board.
   
 

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. Any policy or part of a policy that is superseded by a term in a negotiated agreement shall no longer be in force and effect as a policy.
   
 

M.C.L.A. 380.1201 et seq., 380.1261, 380.1300
   
 

Revised 5/15/95
   

0132

Executive
   

0132.1

Selection of Superintendent
   
 

The Board of Education shall exercise its executive power in part by the appointment of a Superintendent who shall enforce the statutes of the State of Michigan, rules of the State Board of Education, and the policies of this Board. (M.C.L.A. 380.132)

0132.2

Administrative Guidelines
   
 

The Board shall delegate to the Superintendent the function of specifying required actions and designing the detailed arrangements under which the school will be operated. These detailed arrangements shall constitute the administrative guidelines governing the schools which are not inconsistent with statutes or regulations of the State Board or the policies of this Board.
   
 

Such administrative guidelines shall be binding on the employees and the students of this District when issued.
   
 

M.C.L.A. 380.132, 380.238, 380.1300
   
 

When any situation arises requiring decision or action for which there is in existence no formally approved Board policy, the Superintendent shall be authorized to act at his/her discretion. His/Her decision should reflect his/her best judgment of the intent of other adopted policies and actions or practices of the past.
   
 

While it is impractical to formulate written policies covering all situations, recurring circumstances calling for related decisions will generate the obvious need for specific policy. The Superintendent shall recommend accordingly to the Board.
   

0133

Judicial
   
 

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

In furtherance of its adjudicatory function, the Board may hold hearings which shall offer the parties to a dispute, on notice duly given, a fair and impartial forum for the resolution of the matter.
   
 

M.C.L.A. 380.1201