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County board moves to rescind staff-related policies and related exhibits
Summary
Board voted to rescind several documents listed as board policy that staff said are superintendent regulations or exhibits; staff recommended removing personnel-related policies from the board policy manual to reflect statutory division of authority.
The Mendocino County Office of Education board voted to rescind a set of policies, regulations and exhibits that staff said were incorrectly listed as board policies but are implemented at the superintendent level.
An agency official (speaker S1) told the board that "board regulations and exhibits...in a school district or at the county office, do not require board approval" and recommended rescinding the listed regulations and exhibits as well as personnel-related policies in the 4000 series. S1 said the changes reflect a legal review and a desire to align policy numbering with California School Boards Association guidance.
Board members discussed whether language would be revised or removed entirely; S1 and other staff said the recommendation was to eliminate the board-level statements rather than reword them. S3 moved to adopt the rescissions and S5 seconded; the board approved the motion by roll call. Staff said they would continue a parallel review of superintendent policies to avoid duplication and to align policy numbering with CSBA templates.
The action was described by staff as a statutory cleanup to clarify that personnel authority rests with the superintendent rather than the county board.
