Adopted: July 1987
Revised: November 2025
Download 805.2.1AR - Community Participation in Decision-Making
1. School Engagement Groups– Community members shall have a regular, ongoing opportunity to participate in school decision-making through school community engagement groups established by each school principal. (For more information, refer to Policy 805, Parent, Staff, Student and Community Participation in Shared Decision Making.)
2. District-level Councils and Committees
2.1 Community members shall have opportunities to be involved with districtwide programs through participation on standing advisory councils and committees. These may include but are not limited to the Budget Advisory Council, Community Education Advisory Council, Curriculum and Instruction Advisory Council, Early Childhood Family Services Advisory Council, Talent Development Advisory Council, Equity Advisory Council, District Professional Development Committee, Legislative Advisory Council, Native American Parent Advisory Committee, River Valley Project Explore Advisory Council and Special Education Advisory Council.
2.1.1 The School Board shall be responsible for the approval of members of advisory councils which are, by law, advisory to the School Board.
2.1.2 The members of other committees and advisory councils shall be selected in a manner determined by the committee or council and/or the program, department or school with which it is affiliated.
2.2 Community members shall have opportunities to be involved with School Board actions through participation on ad hoc task forces, advisory councils and community forums set up by the School Board or administration to accomplish specific tasks.