15-302. Powers and duties
A. The county school superintendent shall:
1. Distribute all laws, reports, circulars, instructions and forms that he may
receive for the use of school officers.
2. Record all official acts.
3. Appoint governing board members of school districts to fill all vacancies, but
the term of the appointment shall be until the next regular election for governing board
members, at which time a successor shall be elected to serve the unexpired portion of the
term. Within thirty days after notification of a vacancy, the school district governing
board may submit up to three names to the county school superintendent for consideration
of an appointment to fill the vacancy. The county school superintendent is not required
to appoint a governing board member from the list of names submitted by the governing
board. The county school superintendent, if he deems it in the best interest of the
community, may call a special election to fill the vacancies. If an election is called,
the newly elected member shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired portion of the
term.
4. Make reports, when directed by the superintendent of public instruction, showing
matters relating to schools in his county as may be required on the forms furnished by
the superintendent of public instruction.
5. Have such powers and perform such duties as otherwise prescribed by law.
6. On or before October 1 of each year, make a report to the superintendent of
public instruction showing the amount of monies received from state school funds, special
school district taxes and other sources, the total expenditures for school purposes and
the balance on hand to the credit of each school district at the close of the school
year.
7. Contract with the board of supervisors for the board of supervisors to conduct
all regular school district elections.
8. Be responsible, in cooperation with the governing boards and the board of
supervisors, for all special school district elections.
9. Maintain teacher and administrator certification records of effective dates and
expiration dates of teachers' and administrators' certificates in compliance with
guidelines prescribed in the uniform system of financial records for those school
districts for which the county school superintendent is the fiscal agent. The county
school superintendent shall not draw a warrant in payment of a teacher's, substitute
teacher's or administrator's salary unless the teacher, substitute teacher or
administrator is legally certified during the fiscal year in which the term for payment
is demanded.
10. Notify a school district three years before the expiration of a revenue control
limit override that the school district's budget must be adjusted in the final two years
of the override pursuant to section 15-481, subsections P and Q, if the voters do not
approve another override.
11. In collaboration with the department of education and other state agencies,
provide assistance to school districts and charter schools on the use of student data,
staff development, curriculum alignment and technology to improve student performance.
12. Assist schools in meeting yearly adequate progress goals as defined by criteria
established by the state board of education and implemented by the department of
education.
B. At the request of school districts and charter schools, the county school
superintendent may provide discretionary programs in addition to the programs prescribed
in subsection A of this section.
C. The county school superintendent may provide the services prescribed in
subsections A and B of this section in the county or jointly with two or more counties
pursuant to title 11, chapter 7, article 3.
D. Each county school superintendent may establish an advisory committee to the
office of the county school superintendent.
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