Delegating Certain Duties to the Superintendent of Public Instruction: Application for Literary Fund Loan
Resolution Number 2007-15
April 27, 2007
The Board of Education adopts the resolution and the revised application for a Literary Fund loan. The resolution is as follows:
Virginia Board of Education Resolution
Delegating Certain Duties to the Superintendent of Public Instruction
That the following Board responsibilities as to form of the Literary Fund loan application, set forth in Section 22.1-153 of the Code of Virginia, be delegated to the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Section 22.1-153 states, regarding the Literary Fund, that "…any school board desiring to borrow from the Fund shall make written application to the Board of Education for such loan on a form to be prescribed by the Board."
The authority for approving applications for loans from the Literary Fund would remain with the Board of Education.
It is further moved that such delegation be subject to the following conditions:
a) That the Board reserves the right to require of the Superintendent a report concerning the exercise of any authority herein delegated;
b) That the Superintendent's exercise of the delegated authorities shall conform to all regulations of the Board and laws governing educational programs and policy in Virginia, and;
c) That this delegation is not an abnegation of the Board's power and responsibility in the areas delegated.
Mark E. Emblidge, President
Board of Education
Adopted in the Minutes of the Virginia Board of Education
April 27, 2007
