Policy 0716-10
The Board of Trustees recognizes the importance of maintaining a thorough system of public education within the District, which includes the power and duty to decommission individual schools when it determines this to be necessary. Accordingly, the Board of Trustees directs the Superintendent or designee to develop procedures to periodically review District facilities as a whole and, when necessary, provide a recommendation and report for the decommissioning of any school within the District.
Final recommendations for decommissioning will be presented to the Board of Trustees no later than the last meeting in November of the year prior to any such decision taking effect, unless the Board of Trustees declares Emergency Conditions exist which necessitate more immediate action. Examples of such Emergency Conditions include, but are not limited to, fire, natural disaster, precipitous changes in enrollment, or any other such conditions which in the Board of Trustee's view meet the definition of an emergency.
Any such report must provide details on the process for decommissioning, the disposition of any property, and include substantial staff and community input throughout. Moreover, any such recommendations shall be consistent with the Idaho Code and Idaho Administrative Procedures Act.
Following the acceptance of this report, and any subsequent revisions based on community input, the Board shall make a final determination on school decommissioning accordingly.
References: Idaho Code 33-511(3)