Southern Local School District
Bylaws & Policies
 

0100 - DEFINITIONS

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 Education.
   
 

Bylaw
   
 

Rule of the Board for its own governance.
   
 

Classified Employee
   
 

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

Compulsory School Age
   
 

A child between six (6) and eighteen (18) years of age or a child under six (6) years of age who has been enrolled in kindergarten unless at any time the child’s parent or guardian, at the parent’s or guardian’s discretion and in consultation with the child’s teacher and principal, formally withdraws the child from kindergarten.
   
 

District
   
 

The School District.
 

Due Process
   
 

The safeguards to which a person is entitled in order to protect his/her rights.
   
 

Educational Service Center Superintendent
   
 

The Superintendent of Schools for the Athens-Meigs Educational Service Center Schools.
   
 

Full Board
   
 

Authorized number of voting members entitled to govern the District.
   
 

May
   
 

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

Meeting
   
 

Any gathering which is attended by or open to all of the members of the Board, held with the intent on the part of the members of the body present to discuss or act as a unit upon the specific public business of that body.
   
 

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. (See Bylaw 0170)
   
 

Principal
   
 

The educational leader and head administrator of one (1) or more District schools. In policy and administrative guidelines, implies delegation of 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 District's program and whose position requires a professional credential from the Division of Teacher Education and Licensing.
   
 

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 Education.
   
 

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 District.
   
 

Superintendent
   
 

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

Textbook
   
 

This word is used to describe the learning material duly adopted and required as standard work for the study of a particular subject. It may be bound and printed with a hard or soft cover, or it may be electronic, e.g., computer software, interactive videodisc, magnetic media, CD ROM, computer courseware, on-line service, electronic medium, or other means of conveying information.
   
 

Treasurer
   
 

The chief fiscal officer of the District.
   
 

Vice-President
   
 

The Vice-President of the Board of Education. (See Bylaw 0170)
   
 

Voting
   
 

A vote at a meeting of the Board of Education. The law requires that Board members must be physically present in order to have their vote officially recorded in the Board minutes. R.C. 3313.18, 3313.20

Citations to Ohio Statute are noted as R.C. (Revised Code). Citations to Rules of the State Board of Education are noted as A.C. (Administrative Code). Citations to the Federal Register are noted as F.R., to the Code of Federal Regulations as C.F.R., and to the United States Code as U.S.C.