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309 ADMINISTRATIVE RULES

The board shall delegate to the superintendent the function of specifying required actions and designing the detailed arrangements under which the schools will be operated. These rules and detailed arrangements shall constitute the administrative regulations governing the schools. A. Administrative Rules Drafting In the development of rules and procedures for the operation of the school system, the superintendent shall involve at the planning stages those who would be affected by such provision. The superintendent shall evolve with representatives of professional and nonprofessional employees channels for the ready intercommunication of ideas and feelings regarding the operation of the schools; he/she shall weigh with care the recommendations offered by representatives of student and community organizations and shall inform the board of such counsel in presenting reports of administrative action and in presenting recommendations for board action. B. Administrative Rules Adoption The board itself shall formulate and adopt administrative regulations only when specific state laws, strong community attitudes or probable staff reaction require it to do so. C. Rules Dissemination The superintendent is directed to establish and maintain an orderly plan for preserving and making accessible the policies adopted by the board and the administrative rules and regulations needed to put them into effect. Accessibility is to extend to all employees of the school system, to members of the board, and to interested citizens. D. Review of Administrative Rules The board reserves the right to review and veto administrative rules should they, in the board's judgment, be inconsistent with the policies adopted by the board. E. Administration in Policy Absence In cases where action must be taken within the school system where the board had provided no guides for administrative action, the superintendent shall have the power to act, subject to review by the board at its next regular meeting. It shall be the duty of the superintendent to inform the board promptly of such action and of the need for policy. F. Suspension of Policies The operation of any section or sections of board policies not established by law or contract may be temporarily suspended by a majority vote of the board members present at a regular or special meeting.

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