BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL | Policy Manual | Southern Local Schools (Perry)

9141 - BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL

The Board of Education recognizes the increasing importance to the nation's productivity and future well-being of its citizens that students enter the labor market with employable skills and attitudes. The Board and staff of the District also recognize that the necessary educational effort involves close cooperation among interested parties and that decisions regarding the curriculum should not be made without appropriate input from those affected by the educational results.

In order to obtain more effective assistance from one group particularly affected by the students' entry-level skills, the potential employer, the Board shall establish a Business Advisory Council to serve as a continuing advisory group to the Board and administration.

The Board of Education has entered into an agreement with the Athen-Meigs Educational Service Center so that the ESC’s business advisory council will represent the businesses of the District. Regular updates from the council shall be reviewed by the Board.

The Council shall further provide recommendations to the Board delineating employment skills and developing curriculum to instill these skills, changes in the economy and the job market, and the types of employment in which future jobs are most likely to be available; and providing suggestions for developing a working relationship among businesses, labor organizations, and educational personnel in the District.

The Council shall operate in accordance with the standards established by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, in consultation with the Governor’s Executive Workforce Board. The Council and Board will develop a plan specifying matters upon which the Council will advise and make recommendations to the Board. The plan shall be revised and updated annually.

The plan shall be filed with the Ohio Department of Education each year. The Council and the Board will issue a joint statement describing how the Board and the Council have fulfilled their responsibilities in accordance with policy and State law by March 1st each year.