Morris School District
MORRIS SCHOOL DISTRICT
Morristown, New Jersey 07960

Policy
File Code: 2100/2120/2121
Monitored:
Mandated:
Other Reasons X

ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF ORGANIZATION CHARTS: LINE OF RESPONSIBILITY

Annual charts shall be prepared by the Superintendent and approved by the Board of Education to designate clearly the relationships of all employees within the district organization. The changes shall be kept up to date; all changes shall be approved by the Board.

The Morris School District shall operate under a unit control system headed by the Superintendent (which means that the Superintendent is the chief executive officer and supervises all functions of the district, including financial functions).

The authority of the Board of Education is transmitted through the Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent(s) and Board Secretary/Business Administrator along specific paths, from person to person, as shown in the organization chart of the school district. The lines of authority represent direction of authority and responsibility. The lines are those approved by the Board of Education and are intended to establish a clear understanding on the part of all district personnel of the working relationships within the school system.

Personnel are expected to refer matters requiring administrative action to the administrator or supervisor to whom they are responsible. Each building Principal shall be the chief school administrator of his/her school. Personnel are expected to keep the person to whom they are immediately responsible informed of their activities by appropriate means (i.e., meetings, memos, telephone calls, computer, and any other forms of communication).

Date: April 14, 1986
August 27, 2001 First Reading
September 10, 2001 Approved

Legal References:
N.J.S.A. 18A:11-1 General mandatory powers and duties
N.J.S.A. 18A:17-5 through -14.3 Secretaries and assistant secretaries; school business administrators ...
N.J.S.A. 18A:17-15 through -23 Superintendents and assistant superintendents of schools ...
N.J.S.A. 18A:17-24.1 et seq. Sharing of personnel by school boards
N.J.S.A. 18A:54-20 Powers of board (county vocational schools)
N.J.A.C. 6:3-1.6 Reporting and staffing or school districts
N.J.A.C. 6:11-9.3 Authorization
N.J.A.C. 6:11-9.7 School business administrator

Possible Cross References:
1312 Community complaints and inquiries
2100 Administrative staff organization
2120 Organization charts
2131 Chief school administrator
2210 Administrative leeway in absence of board policy
3000/3010 Concepts and roles in business and noninstructional operations; goals and objectives
9123 Appointment of board secretary
9313 Formulation, adoption, amendment of administrative regulations

Key Words
Unit Control, Dual Control, Line of Authority, Organization Chart
 

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