RESOLUTION
R04-xx
THE MEMBERS OF THE D.C. BOARD OF EDUCATION PRESENT THE FOLLOWING
RESOLUTION ON
RATIFICATION OF MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ESTABLISHING AN EDUCATION
ADVISORY COLLABORATIVE
Whereas, the D.C. Board of Education (Board) endorses the Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) between the Mayor, the Council of the District of
Columbia (Council), and the D.C. Board of Education (Board), which creates
an education advisory collaborative whose purpose is to work toward the
improvement of governance of public education in the District of Columbia
and bring stability to the issue of governance while allowing the present
form to remain intact during the duration of the MOU and to formalize the
participation of the Mayor and Council in the selection and termination of
the Superintendent;
Whereas, the MOU seeks to strengthen and ensure the independence of hte
Superintendent while executing the policies of the Board:
Whereas, the MOU fosters cooperation between the Mayor, the Council,
and the Board, which is essential to increasing student achievement;
Whereas, the stability of the issue of governance is essential to the
efforts of the Board to attract and hire an outstanding educational leader
to implement educational reform in the district of Columbia;
Whereas, the MOU does not supersede the authority and responsibility of
the Board to hire, to terminate, or to evaluate the superintendent; and
Whereas, the Board affirms that it will never take any action that will
have the effect of voluntarily relinquishing any authority granted by the
Home Rule Charter and the voters of the District of Columbia;
Be it hereby resolved that hte Board ratifies the attached MOU between
the Mayor, the Council, and the Board and authorizes the president of hte
Board to sign the MOU.
April 1, Date Adopted
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