Delaware Code
Subchapter III. School Boards of Reorganized School Districts
§ 1049. Policy making.

(a) The school board of each reorganized school district, subject to this title and in accordance with the policies, rules and regulations of the State, shall, in addition to other duties:

(1) Determine the hours of daily school sessions, the holidays when district schools shall be closed, and the days on which teachers attend educational improvement activities. This authority is subject to the requirement that all school district calendars must provide for school attendance of at least the following number of hours:

Beginning at the start of the 2008-2009 school year
The waiver provisions in § 1305 of this title also apply to the district calendar.
The number of hours in a school day for grades K-12 shall be at least 31/2 hours exclusive of lunch, and abbreviated days shall not be scheduled on the last school day prior to a scheduled holiday. In the case of an unplanned delay, or early dismissal caused by weather or other unforeseen emergency conditions, such a delay or early dismissal shall be no more than 2 hours. All district calendars shall be adopted by April 30 for the following school year and may only be amended following a 30-day public notice.
(2) Determine the educational policies of the reorganized school district and prescribe rules and regulations for the conduct and management of the schools;
(3) Enforce the provisions of this title relating to school attendance;
(4) Grade and standardize all the public schools under its jurisdiction and may establish kindergartens and playgrounds and such other types of schools, as in its judgment will promote the educational interest of the reorganized school district;
(5) Adopt courses of study;
(6) Select, purchase, and distribute free of charge such textbooks and other materials of instruction, stationery, furniture, equipment, apparatus and supplies as are necessary to the work of the schools;
(7) Provide forms on which regular school employees shall make such reports as may be required by the school board;
(8) Make all reports required by the Secretary of Education, at such time, upon such items and in such form as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Education;
(9) Appoint personnel.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision or section of this chapter to the contrary, each school board shall provide a stand-alone, self-contained half-day kindergarten option within the district, provided there are 18 or more children signed up for a half-day kindergarten option.

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Delaware Code

Title 14 - Education

Chapter 10. REORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS

Subchapter III. School Boards of Reorganized School Districts

§ 1041. Definitions.

§ 1042. School boards to which this subchapter applies.

§ 1043. Authority.

§ 1044. Designation of official office.

§ 1045. Annual meeting; election of officers.

§ 1046. Compensation of school board members.

§ 1047. Treasurer.

§ 1048. Regular and special meetings; quorum; roll call vote.

§ 1049. Policy making.

§ 1049A. Waiver of local regulations.

§ 1049B. Training program.

§ 1050. Annual report.

§ 1051. Election of school board members; exceptions.

§ 1052. Number; qualifications of members; election of members; term of members [For application of this section, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 251, § 7].

§ 1053. Oath of office of the school board member.

§ 1054. Vacancy on school board.

§ 1055. Maintenance of school property.

§ 1056. School property; use, control and management.

§ 1057. Sale or lease of property; disposition of proceeds.

§ 1058. Controversies concerning rules and regulations of the school board.

§ 1059. Hearings.

§ 1060. False testimony is perjury.

§ 1061. School boards upon reorganization.

§ 1062, 1063. School board for the reorganized school district which includes the former school district of Alexis I. duPont Special School District; the Board of Public Education in Wilmington.

§ 1064. Reorganized vocational-technical school districts.

§ 1065. Dissolution of school boards upon consolidation of reorganized school districts; appointments by State Board of Education; members elected annually after consolidation; appointment by Governor [For application of this section, see 83 Del. Law...

§ 1066. Dissolution of school board upon division of a reorganized school district; members of school board continue to serve terms in districts resulting from division; appointments by State Board of Education and annual election thereafter; appoint...

§ 1066A. Elections to the school boards of the Brandywine School District, the Christina School District, the Colonial School District and the Red Clay Consolidated School District [For application of this section, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 251, § 7].

§ 1067. Election of Milford Special School District in 1969 for the Board of Education.

§ 1068. Indian River School Board [For application of this section, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 251, § 7].

§ 1069. School Board for Cape Henlopen School District [For application of this section, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 251, § 7].

§ 1070. School Board for Milford School District.