2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 79-4,115 — Elementary attendance center; community school; operating council.

Section 79-4,115
Elementary attendance center; community school; operating council.

Any elementary attendance center may be designated as a community school through the formation of an operating council. On or before June 14, 2006, the school board of each Class I school may form an operating council for the district's elementary attendance center. If the school board of a Class II, III, IV, or V school district receives a request for an elementary attendance center to be designated as a community school, the school board shall hold an operating council organizational meeting at such elementary attendance center within sixty days after receiving the request, except that the school board shall not be required to hold organizational meetings at any one elementary attendance center more than once during a calendar year.

School boards of Class II, III, IV, and V school districts shall establish procedures for the formation of operating councils. Once formed, operating councils shall determine the timing and procedures for selecting successor members. Each operating council shall be composed of not less than three and not more than six members.

Operating councils shall be advisory to the superintendent, the school board, and the principal of the community school on all matters affecting the community school. Operating councils shall propose and submit a budget for the community school to the school board and one or more members of the operating council shall interview and recommend staff for the community school. The superintendent of any school district containing at least one community school shall provide the operating councils with copies of public information provided by the school district staff to the school board regarding the budget and staffing decisions for the community school and proposed policy changes affecting the community school. The principal of a community school shall provide an opportunity for the operating council to meet with the principal not less than once each month.

Source:

Laws 2005, LB 126, § 4

~Revised Statutes Supplement, 2006