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Board Committees
Board of Education standing committees meet
regularly to consider items for discussion by the full Board. The Board
President serves as an ex-officio member of all committees.
Committee information follows. |
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Policy Development and Review Committee
Thomas Brennan, Chair
Cynthia Elliott
Willa Powell
- Review and/or prepare all new policy proposals for Board consideration,
other than Finance policy
- Conduct regular, timely reviews and assessments of existing policies
- Review and make recommendations regarding any proposed policy amendments
- Follow up with Administration to ensure timely development of any
corresponding Administrative Guidelines
- Recommend to Board any policy additions, deletions or changes
- Monitor, in conjunction with Quality Assurance, implementation of Board
approved policy
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Policy Committee Minutes
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Excellence in Student Achievement Committee
Van Henri White, Chair
Melisza Campos
Allen Williams
- Work to advance student achievement
- Review Quarterly Academic Achievement Reports
- Review policies and/or Administration recommendations that impact
student achievement
- Oversee program evaluation to ensure funded programs are effectively
impacting student achievement, and that successful program are replicated
where possible
- Review and recommend position to Board on resolutions pertaining to
student achievement, corresponding policies, programs etc.
- Follow up on implementation of Board approved policies/programs
• Monitor, with Governance committee, progress on Board’s annual goals
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QA Meeting Minutes |
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Community and Intergovernmental Relations
Committee
Melisza Campos, Chair
Thomas Brennan
Van Henri White
- Facilitate Board’s working relationship with members of Rochester
community, local, state, and national elected officials, lobbyists and
school board organizations to advance RCSD interests
- Develop with Superintendent annual legislative agenda
- Review and make recommendations to the Board on proposed legislation
effecting the Board, RCSD or students, as well as legal cases that may
impact RCSD, i.e. CFE (Campaign for Fiscal Equity)
- Review all Board resolutions pertaining to Board positions, appropriate
contracts (lobbyist)
- Advocate on behalf of the Board and RCSD
- Work to build and maintain relationships with local, state and national
elected officials
- Serve as conduit with City Hall and work closely with Board to ensure
input on City Hall decisions that may impact RCSD
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CIR Committee Minutes
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Board Governance and Development Committee
Cynthia Elliott, Chair
Thomas Brennan
Melisza Campos
- Work with members to determine their collective
development needs, coordinate training to enhance their ability to perform
their roles and maintain effective working relationship with
Superintendent
- Facilitate orientation of new members
- Annually update with Superintendent, his evaluation tool
- Supervise and evaluate board staff
- Work with Board to modify, as necessary, Board staff evaluation tool
- Develop plan articulating how Board committees will work with the full
Board and Superintendent in coordinated effort to achieve annual goals of
both parties
- Organize board retreats
- Work with BOE to set annual goals
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BG Committee Minutes
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Finance and Resource Allocation Committee
Willa Powell, Chair
Cynthia Elliott
Allen Williams
- Facilitate board involvement in development of District’s
annual budget
- Facilitate annual review of Superintendent’s
recommended budget
- Facilitate annual review of the Capital
Improvement Plan
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Develop annual budget process timeline
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Receive and review regular reports on the District’s financial position
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Receive, review and provide recommendation to Board on resolutions for
Board consideration
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Recommend Budget/Finance policies to the
Board for its adoption
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Review of Comprehensive Annual Financial
Report and management letter
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Conduct program reviews as part of the budget process
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Finance Committee Minutes
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Audit Committee
Allen Williams, Chair
Willa Powell
Van Henri White
The Audit
Committee is a requirement under New York State Education Law Section
2116-C and is granted authority, by the Board of Education, to perform the
following:
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To assist the Board in
fulfilling its oversight responsibilities for audit, internal control and
financial reporting processes, as well as the District’s processes for
monitoring compliance with laws and regulations and Board policy.
- To assist the Board in ensuring that the District adopts and implements
controls and procedures promoting compliance and standards of excellence
in the areas of honesty, integrity and ethics.
- The Committee shall promote, maintain, and enhance the independence and
objectivity of the Board’s Office of Auditor General by ensuring broad
audit coverage, adequate consideration of audit reports, and appropriate
and timely action on recommendations.
- The Committee also serves to reduce the risk of both internal and
external influences that might otherwise impair the independence and
objectivity of the Office of Auditor General.
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Audit Committee Minutes |
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