Title 14, Education

§ 305. Board composition [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 253, § 23]. (a) The Board of Directors consists of 17 members, 15 of whom are voting members. The membership is composed as follows: (1) The President of the Delaware Chief School Officers Association…

§ 306. Quorum and voting. (a) The number of board members who must be present in order to have a quorum and conduct business is the majority of appointed members. A vacancy on the Board is not counted to determine whether quorum is met. (b) An affirmative vote of a majority of bo…

§ 307. Chair; administration. (a) The Board shall elect annually from its members a chair, vice-chair, and, as the Board deems necessary, other officers. In the event of a vacancy in 1 of the officers, the Board shall elect a replacement at its next meeting or a meeting called fo…

§ 308. Meetings of the Board. (a) The Board shall hold regularly scheduled meetings at least once per month and at other times as the chair deems necessary or at the request of a majority of the board members. (b) The Board shall meet at a place within the State as it may determi…

§ 309. Secretary; powers and duties. The Association is a unit of the Department. The Secretary shall promulgate regulations necessary to establish the Association as a unit of the Department.73 Del. Laws, c. 374, § 3; 83 Del. Laws, c. 518, § 9;

§ 310. The Interscholastic Athletic Fund: payment of expenses; deposits of receipt. (a) The expenses of the Association are paid from the Interscholastic Athletic Fund, a special fund created to fund this chapter. An appropriation that the General Assembly makes to the Department…

§ 311. Annual report. The Board, in consultation and cooperation with the Department, shall submit an annual report to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Director and the Librarian of the Division of Legislative Services on or before January 31 each year.73 Del. Laws, c.…

§ 312. Board decision and appeal; State Board’s duties. (a) The Board shall decide on each controversy involving a regulation under this chapter, including a waiver of the regulations promulgated under this chapter. The Board may not decide on a controversy involving a waiver und…

§ 313. Transfers; eligibility; periods of ineligibility. (a) Immediate eligibility. — (1) A student who transfers schools is immediately eligible to participate in an interscholastic athletic sport in which the student has not previously participated, upon enrollment at the stude…

§ 314. Exceptions to ineligibility. (a) A period of ineligibility under § 313 of this title does not apply and a student is not required to seek a waiver of ineligibility if any of the following apply: (1) McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youth Act. — The studen…

§ 315. Waivers of ineligibility. (a) Waiver. — The Executive Director shall waive ineligibility under § 313 of this title if the Executive Director determines that all of the following criteria have been established: (1) Strict enforcement of ineligibility does not serve to accom…

§ 316. Appeal of Executive Director’s decision. (a) A party to a controversy may appeal the Executive Director’s decision under § 315 of this title to an appeals panel comprised of 3 Board members. The Board’s chair shall select the 3 members of the appeals panel on a per case ba…

§ 317. Forms. The Executive Director shall develop or approve forms necessary to implement §§ 313, 314, 315, and 316 of this title. The Executive Director may develop or approve other forms as needed to implement this chapter.84 Del. Laws, c. 343, § 8;