(a) Any school in a school district which has adopted a district transition plan as specified in § 803(d) of this title shall establish a
school-level shared decision-making advisory committee ("School Advisory Committee"). Such school may also submit a written request
to the Department of Education, via its local board of education, in order to receive funds to conduct structured conversations and activities
among the school community to decide whether or not to apply to the Department of Education for a school-level shared decision-making
transition grant as specified in § 807(d) of this title and as provided for in the annual appropriations act.
(b) The principal shall facilitate the selection of representatives on the School Advisory Committee through an inclusive process as
established in the District Transition Plan that has the goal of ensuring a fair selection process for the representatives of constituencies
within the school community such as parents, community members, teachers, administrators, other employees and students (where
appropriate) which reflects the diversity within the school community. Such process shall ensure that the members of the various
constituencies select their respective representatives.
(c) The structured conversations and activities, as defined in this title, shall result in a decision, accompanied by an explanatory report
and recommendation, by the School Advisory Committee, through a process it developed to produce as much agreement as practicable,
that:
(1) They wish to pursue share decision-making further by developing a school transition plan to implement shared decision-making
for educational improvement in the school; or
(2) They choose not to explore shared decision-making further.
(d) If the School Advisory Committee decides to proceed with shared decision-making, the structured conversations and activities shall
result in the development of a process to establish a school transition plan, to determine the composition of the "School Transition Team"
and to develop the roles and responsibilities delegated to the School Transition Team. The School Transition Team representatives shall
be selected through the same process established by subsection (b) of this section for their respective constituency groups. The decision
as to these issues shall be reflected in the Report and Recommendation pursuant to subsection (c) of this section or in a supplemental
Report and Recommendation, signed in accordance with subsection (e) of this section.
(e) Each representative of a stakeholder group who participates in the structured conversation and activities of the School Advisory
Committee pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall sign the Report and Recommendation pursuant to subsection (c) of this section
and any supplemental Report and Recommendation pursuant to subsection (d) of this section. Each such representative shall also indicate
that the representative has made a good faith effort to communicate with the representative's stakeholder group so as to ensure that the
views of the membership of the representative's stakeholder group were reflected in the Report and Recommendation.
(f) The Department of Education and the relevant local district administration shall provide schools with assistance, guidance and
strategies to initiate and plan the implementation of these structured conversations and activities.‹ Prev All Delaware sections Next ›
Lexace provides legal information, not legal advice, and no attorney–client relationship is created. Statute text is provided for general information and may not reflect the most recent amendments; verify against the official state code.