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ADF - School District Commitment to Learning Results M.S.A.D. #35 hereby adopts Maine’s system of Learning Results.  The Learning Results system is intended to serve as a foundation for education reform and to promote and provide an assessment of student lear...

ADAA - School System Commitment to Standards for Ethical andResponsible Behavior for Students The School Board believes that promoting ethical and responsible behavior for students is an essential part of the school unit’s educational mission. The Board recog...

IMGA- Service Animals in Schools The Board recognizes that service animals may be used to provide assistance to some persons with disabilities.  This policy governs the presence of service animals in the schools, on school property, including school buses, an...

ADC - Tobacco-Free Schools: Use and Possession of Tobacco and Electronic Smoking Devices The Board recognizes that research shows that tobacco continues to be the leading cause of preventable disease and death in Maine and the United States, for both users an...

Board of Directors - BYLAWS - MSAD #35/RSU35 STATEMENT OF PURPOSEAs a school district board of directors, we endeavor to hire and support the Superintendent, develop and adopt policies, and approve the allocation of a fiscally -responsible budget in order to ...

ARTICLE II  -  School Board of Directors Sec. 1 - Board of Directors                A. Members: The Board shall consist of three elected members from Eliot and three elected members from South Berwick. B. Election: For the purpose of nominations, School Dir...

ARTICLE III - Officers Sec. 1 - The Chairperson  - BEDD Rules of Order The Chairperson is to be elected by the Board at the annual organizational meeting, whose duties are to:      A. Prepare the agenda with the Superintendent. B. Sign the Superintendent’s...

ARTICLE IV - Meetings Sec. 1 - Meetings All meetings shall be run in accordance with the Maine Freedom of Access Act.  (MRSA T 1 Chapter 13 §401) Sec. 2 - Quorum Quorum:  A majority of the School Board Members shall constitute a quorum.  Each member shal...

ARTICLE V - Superintendent Sec. 1 - Powers and Duties: A. Duties shall include but not be limited to MRSA T20-A §1055. B. As the Board’s Secretary, the Superintendent shall be responsible for the accurate preparation of the minutes.  Minutes shall be circul...

ARTICLE VI - Policy   Sec. 1 - Policy Adoption Policy Adoption: Policies will be adopted and/or amended only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors when such action has been scheduled on the agenda of a regular or special meeting. I...

ARTICLE VII - Budget Sec. 1 - The Fiscal Year The Fiscal Year is July 1 through June 30 of the following year. Sec. 2 - Budget Deadlines and Schedules:   A. The Board of Directors shall review the budget document in public work sessions. B. After review a...

ARTICLE VIII - Committees Sec. 1 - Standing Committees: Standing Committees shall be formed at the Board’s yearly organizational meeting. Membership of the Standing Committees shall consist of the Superintendent, and Board members.  Committee membership shal...

ARTICLE IX - Bylaws   Sec. 1- Amendments:  These Bylaws may be amended by voting at any regular or special meeting provided that previous notice of the first reading of the amendment was given to all members one meeting prior to the vote. Sec. 2 - Bylaw Re...

Article X - Addenda Sec. 1 - New Board of Directors Orientation - BIA In order that newly elected Board members may cast informed votes and function effectively as Board members, the Board and Superintendent will extend to them the fullest measures of cour...

CHD - ADMINISTRATION IN THE ABSENCE OF POLICY In the event that administrative action must be taken but the Board has provided no guidance through policy, the Superintendent shall have the power to act. The Superintendent shall inform the Board of actions ta...

CC - Administrative Organization The legal authority of the Board of Directors shall be transmitted through the Superintendent along specific lines from position to position as shown in the Board-approved organizational chart of the school system. The lines ...

CGD - Federal Funds The Board requires the appropriate use of federal funds.  All applications for federal funds must be approved by the Board of Directors.  All materials purchased with federal funds will be marked and inventoried in names that enable the id...

DJE - Bidding Requirements A. All purchases of and contracts for supplies, materials and equipment shall be subject to competitive bid wherever possible whenever such action is in the best interests of the district in the opinion of the Superintendent. M.S.A....