Idaho State Statutes - Idaho Attorney Directory

The board of trustees of the Idaho
school for the deaf and the blind shall have the following powers:
(1) To adopt rules and regulations for its own government and that of the
school;
(2) To employ a superintendent of the school, and, with his advice, to
appoint such assistants, instructors, specialists and other employees as are
required for the operation of the school; to fix salaries and prescribe
duties; to remove the superintendent or other employees in accordance with the
policies and rules of the state board of education; and to, at the discretion
of the superintendent, allow all employees eligible for benefits to elect to
receive their salary on a year-round basis. Such a payment schedule shall not
be considered a guarantee of employment;
(3) With the advice of the superintendent, to prescribe the course of
study, the textbooks to be used, and for those pupils who complete the
requirements for grade twelve (12), the time and standard of graduation;
(4) To have at all times, general supervision and control of all
property, real and personal, appertaining to the school, and to insure the
same;
(5) To employ architects or engineers in planning the construction,
remodeling or repair of any building and, whenever no other agency is
designated so to do, to let contracts for such construction, remodeling or
repair and to supervise the work thereof;
(6) To expend moneys appropriated, or otherwise placed to the credit of
the school for the maintenance and operation thereof, and to account for the
same as prescribed by law;
(7) To provide for the conveyance of pupils to and from the school, the
expense of such conveyance being a lawful use of the moneys available to the
board of trustees.

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