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Book            Policy Manual

Section         9000 - ByLaws

Title           Limits of Authority

Code            9010

Status          Second Reading

Adopted         November 18, 1997

Last Revised    June 4, 2019




                               LIMITS OF AUTHORITY *REMOVE*

The Board of Education is the unit of authority. Apart from their function as part of the
unit, Board members have no individual authority. Individually the Board member may not
commit the district to any policy, act, or expenditure. The Board member is prohibited
from doing business with the school district and from having an interest in any contract
with the school district in general. The Board member does not represent a factional
segment of the community but is rather a part of the body which represents and acts for
the community as whole.
No individual member of the Board, by virtue of holding office, shall exercise any
administrative responsibility with respect to the schools, nor as an individual command the
services of any school employee.

Legal           Conn. Gen. Stat. 10-220 Duties of boards of education.
                Conn. Gen. Stat. 10-232 Restrictions on employment of members of the board of education.