SITE-BASED DECISION MAKING (SBDM)

SBDM – The Edmonson County High School SBDM Council meets on the 1st Monday of every month in the school library, except for the month of December.  This meeting is held at a site to be announced.

What SBDM Councils Do

• Develop policies to enhance student achievement and meet education reform goals.

• When a vacancy occurs, select a principal from a list of candidates recommended by the superintendent.

• Decide how many people to employ in each job classification, e.g., decide how many teachers, how many aides, how many custodians, and so on.

• Provide consultation to the principal whenever there is a vacancy on staff.

• Select the following resources:

  • textbooks;

  • instructional materials, i.e., materials that help students learn or help teachers teach, other than textbooks;

  • student support services, i.e., services that help students become ready and able to learn; and

  • professional development

• Determine

  • the local school budget;

  • the organization of ungraded primary; and

  • a comprehensive school safety plan.

• Set policy in the following areas:

  • enhancing the school environment;

  • curriculum, i.e., what to teach;

  • assigning staff time for both instructional and non-instructional programs;

  • assigning students to classes and programs;

  • developing the school schedule;

  • the use of school space;

  • instructional practices, i.e., how to teach;

  • discipline and classroom management;

  • committees; and

  • extracurricular activities and programs.

• Develop processes for deciding:

  • whether school is in line with state standards;

  • how the school will use technology; and

  • how the school determines whether its programs work.

What Councils Do Not Do

• Run the school on a day to day basis.

• Break local, state or federal laws.

• Risk health and safety.

• Risk lawsuits.

• Break contracts.

• Spend money the school does not have.

• Make decisions outside their areas of responsibility.

• (Examples: evaluate or fire staff, set salaries, raise taxes, set bus routes, assign students to schools, decide when to build new buildings, pay utility bills, etc.)

SBDM Parent Member Eligibility

A parent council member shall be a parent, stepparent, or legal guardian of a student that will be enrolled in the school during the upcoming school year. A parent is not eligible if he/she is an employee or a relative of an employee of that school or the district central office, or a local school board member or the spouse of a school board member. Terms of school council members shall be for one (1) year beginning July 1.

Contact the school office at 270-597-2151 to make nominations and get answers for any further questions you may have.

Web Link

KY Dept of Education SBDM Page