Toledo Board of Education Board Member Handbook The Board of Education of the Toledo City School District Thurgood Marshall Administration Building 420 Manhattan Blvd. Toledo, Ohio 43608 Inaugural Edition, adopted September 23, 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................. 4 What This Handbook Is ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4 What This Handbook Is Not ............................................................................................................................................................ 4 TOLEDO PUBLIC SCHOOLS – MISSION, VISION, COMMITMENTS ......................................................... 5 Mission ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 5 Vision ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Core Commitments .............................................................................................................................................................................. 5 TPS QUICK FACTS .............................................................................................................................. 6 Current TPS Board Members ......................................................................................................................................................... 6 Current TPS Administration ........................................................................................................................................................... 6 Average Daily Membership (ADM) and Demographics ................................................................................................... 7 Employees ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 7 Budget and Financial Information .............................................................................................................................................. 8 Schools and Administrative Offices ............................................................................................................................................ 8 High Schools .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Elementary Schools .................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Pre Schools ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Learning Centers .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 HEAD START .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 CAREER TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS ................................................................................................................................................... 9 HISTORY OF THE DISTRICT ............................................................................................................... 11 OHIO’S PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM ..................................................................................................... 13 State Laws and Agencies ................................................................................................................................................................. 13 School Districts .................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 Generally ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 13 City School Districts ................................................................................................................................................................................. 14 Community Schools ................................................................................................................................................................................. 14 BOARDS OF EDUCATION ................................................................................................................. 15 Generally ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 15 Board Members – Term, Oath of Office, Vacancies; president and vice president ......................................... 15 Term .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 15 Oath of Office ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Vacancy ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16 president and vice president ............................................................................................................................................................. 16 Board Resolutions .............................................................................................................................................................................. 17 Other Board Member Duties ........................................................................................................................................................ 17 Compensation of Board Members; Insurance Benefits ................................................................................................. 17 Page 2 of 38 Reimbursement of Expenses ........................................................................................................................................................ 18 Removal From Office......................................................................................................................................................................... 19 Board and Board Member Authority; Board Officers ..................................................................................................... 19 Board Organizational Meeting – Election of Officers ...................................................................................................... 19 Board Selection of the Superintendent and Treasurer; the Business Manager; performance reviews ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Board Role in the Employment of Other Personnel ........................................................................................................ 20 Board Role in the Termination of Employees ..................................................................................................................... 20 Ethics Laws and Board Policies ................................................................................................................................................... 21 Ohio’s Ethics Laws .................................................................................................................................................................................... 21 General Prohibitions .............................................................................................................................................................................. 21 Gifts ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 22 Financial Disclosure .............................................................................................................................................................................. 23 Board Policies Regarding Ethics ..................................................................................................................................................... 23 LEVIES AND LEVY CAMPAIGNS........................................................................................................