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AD HOC ADVISORY COMMITTEES
Community and/or parent/guardian advisory committees can be particularly useful both in keeping the Board and administration informed with regard to community opinion and in representing the community in the study of specific school problems. The Board and/or the Superintendent shall, when required by law or when it finds it beneficial, appoint advisory committees to assist in research projects, long-range studies, program evaluation, and development of policies or educational goals/programs. Each committee shall be appointed for a specific purpose and time. The Board may dissolve any Board-appointed committee at its sole discretion. Such committees shall be representative of the community in relation to the tasks delegated to them and may include staff and pupils when appropriate. No appointee shall represent an organization, geographic area, religious group or any other subdivision of the community in an official capacity. Systematic programs shall be set up to draw on the assistance that business, labor, and other organizations have to offer in developing vocational, technical, and enrichment programs and in providing pupils with practical work experience. The Board shall adopt the committee structure and organization it deems appropriate to the assignment at hand, except for funded programs where the law sets the requirements. The Board, in consultation with the Superintendent, and by a majority vote, is responsible for approving all members of a committee and the method of their selection. Staff members shall not constitute a majority of any general community advisory committee. The term of membership shall be set by the Board but shall not continue beyond the organizational meeting of the Board each year. The Board shall retain the right, by majority votes of the full Board, to dissolve such committees, advisory councils, or similar bodies at any regular or special meeting of the Board. Recommendations from the committee shall not reduce the responsibility of the Board, which shall be free to accept or reject the recommendations as it sees fit. Only the Board has the power to act. It will be the responsibility of the chairperson of the committee to see that the members of his/her committee are informed as to the final decision of the board. Only the Board designee shall release publicity concerning the committee, its operations, findings, or recommendations. The Superintendent shall draft and the Board shall approve, written operating procedures for committees. These will include the salient features of this policy as well as the services the Board wishes the committee to render, the resources the Board intends to provide, and the date on which the Board wishes to dissolve the committee. Furthermore, the committee shall be instructed as to the relationship it has to the Board, to the individual Board Members, to the secretary of the Board, to the Superintendent, and to the rest of the professional and support staff. When the law regulates the formation and activities of an advisory committee, the administration shall cooperate fully in its activities. Date: April 14, 1986 February 12, 2001, First Reading Legal References: N.J.S.A. 10:4-6 et seq. Open Public Meetings Act N.J.S.A. 18A:10-6 Board meetings public; frequency; hours of commencement; adjournment, etc., for lack of quorum N.J.A.C. 6:8-2.1 Reporting requirements N.J.A.C. 6:29 Health, safety and physical education N.J.A.C. 6:29-6-4(a) Review and availability of policies and procedures Hawkins-Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988 (P.L. 100-297) 34 C.F.R. 200.1 to 200.89 - Part 200 Cross References: 2240 Research, evaluation and planning 6142.1 Family life education 6142.12 Career education 6144 Controversial issues 6162.4 Community resources 6171.3 At-risk and Title 1 9020 Public statements 9130 Committees Key Words Ad Hoc Advisory Committees, Citizens' Committees, Committees |
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