The board should not approve administrative procedures. Forms designed by the administration should be in the administrative procedures manual. Job descriptions should not be in policy, but may be in an administrative procedures manual. State laws and federal guidelines sometimes require that board policy include detail which would have better been included in administrative procedures. Administrative procedures should contain a reference to related policies.
Administrative procedures draw the line between board authority.
They help prevent the board from micromanaging. Even though the board does not adopt administrative procedures, they can use them as a part of the director of schools' evaluation to make sure that the school system's policies are being carried out. Fees for the TSBA customized service are based on the student membership of the contracting school system.