FILE:  AB

SCHOOL DISTRICT LEGAL STATUS
State law provides that all school districts be operated by a board of education, selected as specified in state statutes.

A board of education is an agency of the State, subject to the laws of the State in the operation of the district, and responsible to the State Board of Education for their implementation.

LEGAL REFERENCE:

General School Laws: 380.211

REVISED: 6-24-86
 

The Benton Harbor Area Schools, Berrien County, Michigan