518. COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN SELECTION OF PRINCIPALS

518 COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN SELECTION OF PRINCIPALS 518.1 Organized school communities (Parent Teacher Association, Home and School Association or Neighborhood School Council, where these organizations exist) shall be entitled to participate in the selection process for Principals. 518.2 If more than one organized community group exists in the school the presiding officers will meet jointly to plan the procedures for electing two (2) representatives to serve on the selection panel for a vacant position in a school serving the organized community. 518.3 If a community school board has been recognized by the Board of Education, it shall have the right to choose one (1) of the two (2) representatives to serve on the selection panel. 518.4 Community representatives who serve on the selection panel shall be elected by a uniform election procedure to be established by the Superintendent of Schools. 518.5 In instances where no representatives of the organized community are elected to serve on a selection panel, the panel shall consist of those persons designated by § 517.2. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 27 DCR 4297, 4333 (October 3, 1980).