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: 10.03
POLICY TOPIC DESCRIPTION
Selection Procedure
POLICY STATEMENT
Election of Teacher Members:
Procedures for holding the election for teacher council members shall be the same as
those governing the election to determine if the school will adopt SBDM. Teachers may
nominate themselves or another teacher. Nominations shall be made in writing to the
Principal no later than five (5) days before the election. The principal shall prepare a
ballot containing the names of all qualified teachers agreeing to accept the nomination.
The principal shall chair and oversee the election of teacher members to the council.
The teacher representative shall be elected by a majority of the teacher membership of
the school. Teachers must be employees of the district and currently assigned to the
school where they are elected as a council member.
If, after the first round of voting, the required number of candidates have not been elected
by majority vote, the Principal shall reveal to the person receiving the lowest number of
votes his/her standing. From that point forward, the candidate with the lowest vote total
will be dropped from the ballot. Voting will continue in this manner with the candidate
receiving the lowest vote total being dropped each round until the required number of
candidates have been selected by the majority vote.
Election of Parent Members:
The principal shall set the date for the election of parent council members and provide
notice of the election to the parents via local media sources. The notice shall state that
the parents of any duly enrolled student in the school may nominate themselves or
another parent to be elected to the council. It shall also be noted that any parent, of a
duly enrolled student in the school may vote to elect the parent council members. and
publicized through various local media sources. The election of parent council members
shall be held at a convenient time and place to enable all parents to have an opportunity
to vote.
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Nominations shall be made in writing and submitted to the principal five (5) school days
prior to the date scheduled for the election
Parents may nominate themselves or another parent.
The principal shall prepare a ballot containing the names of all qualified parents agreeing
to be nominated.
Election of parent members to the council shall be by the majority of the qualified parents
voting during the election.
Parent council members shall be a parent, stepparent or legal guardian of student
currently enrolled in the school. Any parent(s) of an eighth grade child having
reasonable expectation of enrolling in the ninth grade at Barren County High School may
become a candidate for council membership. A council member shall not be the 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 daughterin-law.
A. 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 the person receiving the
lowest number of votes his/her standing. From that point forward, the candidate
with the lowest vote total will be dropped from the ballot. Voting will continue in
this manner with the candidate receiving the lowest vote total being dropped each
round until the required number of candidates have been selected by the majority
vote.
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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 KY 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 KY State Department of
Education.
DATE ADOPTED__________________
SIGNATURE___________________________
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(COUNCIL CHAIRPERSON)
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