0131.1 - BYLAWS AND POLICIES

The Board shall adopt bylaws and policies for the organization and operation of this Board. Such policies are to include those needed to meet the education standards established by Wisconsin Statute. In the event of any conflict between these bylaws and policies and any applicable law or regulation, including temporary emergency orders or mandates, the legal authority shall prevail.

Those bylaws and policies which are not dictated by the statutes or rules of the Department of Public Instruction or ordered by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction or a court of competent authority may be adopted, amended, and repealed at any meeting of the Board.

Bylaws and policies shall be adopted, amended, repealed, or suspended by a majority vote of the Board.

The School Board shall reserve to itself the function of providing guides for the discretionary action of those to whom it delegates authority. These guides for discretionary action shall constitute the policies governing the operation of the school system.

The formulation and adoption of these written policies shall constitute the basic methods by which the School Board shall exercise its leadership in the operation of the school system.

Policies may be adopted, added to, amended, or suspended at a regular or special Board meeting. Policies adopted shall be recorded in the minutes and included as part of the District policy manual.

New or amended policies shall be presented for a first reading at a Board meeting while official action on the policy will be delayed to a subsequent meeting.

Technical Corrections

The Superintendent is authorized to review and make technical corrections to policies that have already been adopted through normal rulemaking procedures. Technical corrections are those corrections to policy language or construction that do not reflect a policy decision or substantive consideration by the Board, such as correction of a typographical or grammatical error, inclusion or correction of a statutory citation, renumbering of sections, combining of policies, or similar actions. The Superintendent shall inform the Board of any such changes no later than the next regular Board meeting.

Revised 4/19/21
T.C. 10/1/21

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