Concept information
Preferred term
school boards
Definition
- The almost 16,000 school boards in the United States, which trace their origins to colonial America, are an integral part of a complex system of school governance. State legislatures created local school boards to carry out the state function of providing public education by executing and administering statutes and policies. [Source: Encyclopedia of Education Law; School Boards]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/school_boards
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