BARREN COUNTY SCHOOLS
SCHOOL-BASED DECISION MAKING
FUNCTIONAL SCHOOL OPERATIONAL POLICIES
District: Barren
School: Barren County High School
Policy Type (By-Laws or Function):
By-Laws
Policy Number: 10.02
POLICY TOPIC DESCRIPTION
Council Membership
POLICY STATEMENT
A. The council shall consist of six members: the school principal, three faculty
members, and two parents.
B. Teachers must be currently assigned to Barren County High School full-time to
be eligible to be on the council.
C. A council member shall not be a relative of a school employee or employee at the
district administrative offices. They shall not be a district board member or
relative of district board member. Relative shall mean father, mother, brother,
sister, husband, wife, son, daughter, aunt, uncle, son-in-law or daughter-in-law.
D. Parents must have a child enrolled in the school for the school term during which
the parent serves. In the event that the parent member no longer has a child
attending the school, that seat shall be declared vacant.
E. Terms of school council members shall be for one (1) year and shall begin on July
1 and end on June 30 of the following year. Annual elections for the following
year’s term shall be held during the preceding May on a date set by the Principal.
Teacher and parent council members are eligible for re-election.
F. Council vacancies shall be filled at a special called election and shall follow the
guidelines set forth in this policy. A vacancy is created when a teacher is no
longer assigned to the school; a parent no longer has a child enrolled in a school.
Should a vacancy occur during the year, the person on the ballot with the next
highest votes would fill the vacancy. When Barren County has reached 8% or
more minority student enrollment, as determined by the enrollment on the
preceding October 1, the Council shall have at least one (1) minority member. If
the council formed as described above does not have a minority member, the
Principal, in a timely manner, shall be responsible for carrying out the following:
1) Organizing a special election to elect an additional member. The Principal
shall call for nominations and shall notify the parents of the minority
students of the date, time, and location of the election to elect a minority
parent to the council by ballot; and
2) Allowing the minority teachers in the building to select one (1) of their
number to serve as a teacher member on the council. If there are no
minority teachers who are members of the faculty, an additional teacher
shall be elected by a majority of all teachers. Term limitations shall not
apply for a minority teacher who is the only minority on the faculty.
3) “Minority” means American Indian; Alaskan native; African-American;
Hispanic; including persons of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, and Central
or South American origin; Pacific Islander, or other ethnic group
underrepresented in the school.
If after the first round of voting, the required number of candidates have not been
elected by majority vote, the Principal shall reveal to two people receiving the
lowest number of votes his/her standing. From that point forward, the two
candidates with the lowest vote total will be dropped from the ballot. Voting will
continue in this manner with the two candidates receiving the lowest vote total
being dropped each round until the required number of candidates have been
selected by the majority vote.
Each member of the SBDM shall attend a six-hour training session presented by a
state approved trainer at a time and site made available by the Kentucky State
Department of Education.
Any person who has been a SBDM member in the past and served at least one
year shall attend a three-hour training session presented by a state approved
trainer at a time and site made available by the Kentucky State Department of
Education.
DATE ADOPTED__________________
SIGNATURE___________________________
(COUNCIL CHAIRPERSON)