Board Roster Questions and E-mail TPS Web Page Web Author See disclaimer. All rights reserved. A school board is the most democratic agency of government.
Citizens control the school district through their vote.
School board authority is limited to official action at meetings. Therefore, a member has no authoority individually. For example, a Board member does not have the authority to change in a bus route, settle a dispute over a grade, or get students' schedules changed. As a governing body, the Tulsa School Board sets the direction of the district, establishes district policies, approves the budget and expenditures, and presides at appeal hearings. The school board operates within the limitation of the School Laws of Oklahoma and has strictly defined power.