Common use of Administration of Schools Clause in Contracts

Administration of Schools. The determination and administration of school policy, the operation and management of the schools, and the direction of employees are vested exclusively in the Upper Dauphin Area School Board of Directors and its delegated management personnel. The adoption of policies, rules, regulations, and practices in furtherance thereof, and the use of judgment and discretion in connection therewith shall be limited only to the specific and express terms of this AGREEMENT and then only to the extent such specific and express terms hereof are in conformance with the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Constitution and laws of the United States. It is recognized that the Board has and will continue to retain, whether exercised or not, the sole and unquestioned right, responsibility and prerogative to direct the operation of the public schools in the Upper Dauphin Area School District in all of its aspects, including but not limited to the following: To maintain public elementary and secondary schools and such other educational activities as in its judgment will best serve the interests of the Upper Dauphin Area School District to give the children of said District as nearly equal advantages as may be practicable; to decide the need for school facilities; to determine the care, maintenance and operation of buildings, lands, apparatus and other property used for school purposes; to determine the number, age and qualifications of the pupils to be admitted into each school; to employ, assign and transfer teachers; to suspend or dismiss the teachers of the schools in the manner provided by statute; to designate the schools which shall be attended by the various children within the School District; to make such provisions as will enable each child of school age residing in the School District to attend school for the period required by law and provide for the transportation of children wherever it is reasonable and desirable; to prescribe rules for the management, studies, classification and discipline for the public schools; to decide the textbooks to be used, to make rules for the arrangement, use and safe-keeping of the school libraries and to approve the books selected therefore; to approve plans for school buildings; to prepare a budget, expend monies for the maintenance of the schools, and make such transfers of funds within the budget as it shall deem desirable; and to determine the functions and programs; standards of service and utilization of technology in the school district. These rights, responsibilities and prerogatives shall not be subject to delegation in whole or in part. No action taken by the Board with respect to such rights, responsibilities and prerogatives, other than as there are specific provisions herein elsewhere contained, shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration provisions of this agreement.