Title 16

The county boards of education shall have power to establish and maintain within their systems of public schools kindergartens and playgrounds for the children who are bona fide residents of and living within their respective jurisdictions. If kindergartens are established and ma…

The county board of education is charged with the duty of seeing that every school building whose title is vested in the state, county or school district is insured for its insurable value and to this end may use a part of the proceeds of incidental fees, district tax levies or s…

(a) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following terms shall have the meanings subscribed to them by this section: (1) RISK MANAGEMENT COOPERATIVE. An entity or entities, to be formed by local boards of education in any combination of 25 or more for the purpose of …

The county board of education shall provide sanitary, hygienic, suitable and convenient rest rooms for the children of the public schools under its jurisdiction, not less than two for each school or building when both sexes are in attendance, with separate means of access to each…

In the event a vacancy occurs in the office of members of the county board of education, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by a majority of the remaining members of the county board of education, and the appointee shall hold for the unexpired term. In the event the vacan…

The county board of education shall appoint as its executive officer a county superintendent of education who shall also be the secretary of the county board of education. As secretary he shall conduct all correspondence of the board, keep and preserve all of its records, receive…

The general administration and supervision of the public schools of the educational interests of each county, with the exception of cities having a city board of education, shall be vested in the county board of education; provided, that such general administration and supervisio…

The county board of education shall exercise through its executive officer, the county superintendent of education and his professional assistants control and supervision of the public school system of the county. The board shall consult and advise through its executive officer a…

There shall be a county superintendent of education in each county of this state who shall act as the chief executive officer of the county board of education and who shall also be secretary of the county board of education. The county board of education of each county shall appo…

Any person possessing the qualifications prescribed by law for a certificate of administration and supervision required as a qualification of a county superintendent of education shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by the State Superintendent of Education showing such …

(a) A vacancy in the position of county superintendent shall be filled by the county board of education within 180 days after such a vacancy occurs. Within 90 days after the occurrence of a vacancy, the county board of education shall announce, in a regularly or specially called …

(a) The county superintendent of education shall devote his or her entire time to pubic school business, unless authorized to engage in outside employment by the county board of education. In counties in which the maximum salary of the county superintendent of education is not fi…

The county superintendent of education, as the executive officer of the county board of education, shall see that the laws relating to the schools, the rules and regulations of the state and county boards of education are carried into effect. The county superintendent of educatio…

The county superintendent of education, subject to the provisions of this title, shall recommend for approval and adoption by the county board of education the kind, grade and location of schools to be established and maintained and the compulsory school attendance districts to b…

The county superintendent of education, as executive officer of the county board of education, shall call and conduct conferences with principals, teachers, attendance officers, school trustees and other interested citizens and shall in every way seek to foster in teachers profes…

(a) The county superintendent of education shall recommend a building program adequate to the present and future needs of the schools in the county, subject to the provisions of this title. (b) He shall recommend a plan for the laying out of such local attendance district or dist…

The county superintendent of education shall recommend to the county board of education for condemnation school buildings which are unsanitary and unfit for use. He shall recommend in writing all repairs, purchase of playgrounds and school sites and buildings to be erected with s…

The county superintendent of education, subject to the provisions of this title, shall prepare and submit for approval and adoption by the county board of education rules and regulations governing the conditions under which children may be admitted to junior and senior high schoo…

(a) The county superintendent of education shall be chosen for his general fitness and character and shall be a person of recognized ability as a school administrator. No person shall be eligible for appointment by any county board of education or for any political party nominati…

The county superintendent of education, subject to the provisions of this title, shall work out plans for the consolidation of schools and for the grounds, buildings and equipment of such consolidated schools, and shall submit the same for approval and adoption by the county boar…

Subject to the rules and regulations of the State Board of Education, the county superintendent of education shall prescribe courses of study for the schools of the county and submit the same for approval and adoption by the county board of education. Printed copies of these cour…

Subject to the rules and regulations of the State Board of Education, the county superintendent of education shall prepare rules and regulations for grading and standardizing all public schools of the county and shall submit the same for approval and adoption by the county board …

The county superintendent of education shall nominate in writing for appointment by the county board of education all principals, teachers and all other regular employees of the board. He shall assign them to their positions, transfer them as the needs of the schools require, rec…

The county board of education may provide upon the nomination of the county superintendent of education, at least the following assistants: an elementary school supervisor and a statistical and stenographic clerk. No person shall be eligible for appointment as supervisor who does…

The county superintendent of education shall organize and attend county and local institutes for teachers and citizens and shall advise teachers as to their further study in professional reading and assist parents and citizens to acquire knowledge of the aims and work of the scho…

The county superintendent of education shall visit the schools, observe the management and instruction and give suggestions for the improvement of the same. He shall advise with principals, teachers, school trustees and other interested citizens, and shall endeavor in every way t…

The county superintendent of education, subject to the provisions of this title, shall prepare forms and blanks on which school trustees, supervisors, attendance officers, principals, teachers, janitors and other regular employees shall make such reports as shall be required by t…

It shall be the duty of the county superintendent of education to prepare, in accordance with the direction of the county board of education, the annual statement of receipts and disbursements which is required to be published in a newspaper and such other reports as the county b…

The county superintendent of education, subject to the provisions of this title, shall direct the taking of the county quadrennial school census. He shall cause the census to be retaken in whole or in part when directed to do so by the State Superintendent of Education. The count…

The county superintendent of education shall see to it that the laws requiring school attendance are enforced. The county superintendent of education shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, and submit to the county board of education for adoption all reports required of the count…

The county superintendent of education shall, on or before the first day of November of each year, forward to the State Superintendent of Education on blanks to be furnished him by the latter an annual report of the public schools of his county for the preceding year. In the even…

(a) The county superintendent of education shall, at such times and in such manner as directed by the county board of education and approved by the State Superintendent of Education, prepare his payroll or payrolls for the payment of teachers, employees, bills and other items aut…

No money shall be paid on any payroll unless the county superintendent of education certifies thereto in writing that the same in every respect is correct and that the amounts contained thereon are due the parties as shown thereby and that the same should be paid and unless the c…

Any person securing his name, or the name of another printed on a ballot as a candidate for, or nomination by a political party as a candidate for the office of county superintendent of education, without first there having been filed with the probate judge, as required by law, t…

Any political party may, in a county where the county superintendent is elected by a direct vote of the qualified electors, either nominate a candidate for such office or may certify to the probate judge that said political party desires to leave the election of a county superint…

Whenever any political party holds a primary election for the nomination of candidates in counties where county superintendents are elected by a direct vote of the qualified electors and one or more persons qualify as candidates for nomination by such political party as candidate…

When county superintendents are elected by a direct vote of the people, or nominated at a primary election, and the proposition of selection by the county board is also submitted at such election, there must be printed instructions on the ballot of such election substantially as …

(a) In counties in which the county superintendent of education is elected by popular vote, the successful candidate shall take office on January 1 following the date of election. In the event the successful candidate dies or resigns prior to January 1 following the date of elect…

Where the qualified electors of a county in which county superintendents of education are elected by a direct vote of the people vote to leave the selection of such officer to the county board of education, the county board of education shall not have authority to appoint a count…

The county board of education may appoint for every school in the county, from a list of six discreet, competent and reliable persons of mature years nominated by the patrons of the said schools, which list shall be kept on file by the board, three persons residing near the schoo…

The board of school trustees shall see that the rest rooms connected with the school are kept clean, comfortable and in a sanitary and hygienic condition. (School Code 1927, §186; Code 1940, T. 52, §146.)

The board of school trustees shall have the power to authorize the use of the schoolhouse for such civic, social, recreational and community gatherings as in its opinion do not interfere with the principal use of the said school building or property. It shall be the duty of the p…

The board of school trustees shall hold an annual meeting each year on the first Saturday in May, or as soon thereafter as practicable. At this meeting the board shall appoint one of its members as chairman and shall give notice of such appointment to the county board of educatio…

The principal teacher of the school shall be the secretary of the board of school trustees and shall attend all meetings of the board except when the board is in executive session. The principal teacher shall, with the consent of the majority of the members of the board, have the…

In the event a teacher, not already employed in a school, is assigned to such school, the county superintendent of education shall give to the trustees of said school notice in writing of such assignment, and the trustees of said school, within 10 days from the date of the receip…

No teacher shall dismiss pupils during school hours or close the school during school hours, except in an emergency, without the consent of the board of school trustees or the county superintendent of education. (School Code 1927, §181; Code 1940, T. 52, §141.)