§18-5-14. Policies to Promote School Board Effectiveness
(a) No later than January, 2020, each county board shall adopt policies that promote school board effectiveness and may modify the policies as necessary. The policies shall address the following objectives: (1) Establishing direct links between the county board and its local school improvement councils and between the county board and its faculty senates for […]
§18-5-15. Ages of Persons to Whom Schools Are Open; Enrollment of Suspended or Expelled Student
(a) The public schools shall be open for the full instructional term to all persons who have attained the entrance age as stated in section five, article two and section eighteen, article five, chapter eighteen of this code: Provided, That any student suspended or expelled from public or private school shall only be permitted to […]
§18-5-15a. Study of Multicultural Education for School Personnel
County boards of education shall annually provide a program, during at least one noninstructional day of the school term, for the study of multicultural education for all school personnel as defined in subsection (a), section one, article one, chapter eighteen-a of this code. The study provided shall be in compliance with regulations to be developed […]
§18-5-15b. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
Every instructional day in the public schools of this state shall be commenced with a pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States. Pupils who do not wish to participate in this exercise shall be excused from making such pledge.
§18-5-15c. County Boards of Education; Training in Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect and Child Assault; Regulations; Funding
(a) In recognition of the findings of the Legislature as set forth in §49-2-401 of this code, the Legislature further finds that public schools are able to provide a special environment for the training of children, parents, and school personnel in the prevention of child abuse and neglect and child assault and that child abuse […]
§18-5-9b. Implementation of the Integrated Pest Management Program
By August 15, 1995, the board shall implement the integrated pest management program promulgated under rules by the Department of Agriculture under authority of section four, article sixteen-a, chapter nineteen of this code.
§18-5-10. Approval by State Board of Plans and Specifications for Buildings
The state board may require all plans and specifications for the erection of school buildings to comply with the requirements of law. They may require all county boards to submit all plans and specifications for their approval.
§18-5-11. Joint Establishment of Schools
(a) The boards of two or more adjoining counties may jointly establish and maintain schools. The title to the school shall be vested in the board of the county in which the school is located. The agreement by which the school is established shall be reduced to writing and entered of record in the minutes […]
§18-5-11a. Joint Governing Partnership Board Pilot Initiative
(a) The Legislature finds that many examples exist across the state of students who reside in one county, but who attend the public schools in an adjoining county. (1) These arrangements have been accommodated by the boards of the adjoining counties and applicable statutes to serve best the interests of the students by enabling them […]
§18-5-12. Bond of Contractors
Boards shall require all persons contracting for the building or repairing of school property, where the contract exceeds $25,000 to execute a bond, with approved security, in the amount of the contract price.