school councils; curriculum
authority
SB 1002 allows a governing board to grant the authority to a school council for curriculum development and decentralization.
SB 1002 passed the Education Committee unamended. SB 1002 failed to pass the House of Representatives.
School councils were established by Laws 1994, 9th Special Session, Chapter 2 for the purpose of ensuring that persons affected by the outcome of a school site decision are able to have an opportunity to provide input into the decision-making process (A.R.S. 15-351). Each school in Arizona must have a school council composed of parents, teachers, non-certified employees and community members; pupils are included in the membership if the school is a high school. The school principal serves as chairperson of a school council unless another member is elected.
Statute allows a governing board to delegate to a school council the responsibility to develop a curriculum and may delegate any additional powers that are reasonably necessary to accomplish decentralization. SB 1002 replaces the terms responsibility and powers to authority.