P.R. Laws tit. 3, § 143w
The School Board shall have the following functions:
(a) Identify and collaborate in the solution of community problems and develop programs of services addressed thereto.
(b) Authorize the disbursement of school funds.
(c) Evaluate the Director’s reports regarding the administration of the school’s budget.
(d) See to the care and maintenance of the school grounds, installations and equipment.
(e) Establish plans for the internal security of the school with the Director; [Provided, also,] That same shall prepare, develop and carry out a mock drill in the school community to safely address in a safe, orderly, prudent and reasonable manner any emergency situations that may arise during the first ten (10) days after the beginning of every school semester. Said exercise or action plan shall include the following: (1) immediate and effective measures to be taken in case of emergency, such as evacuation plans, safe areas into which the students shall be moved, communications with support agencies, parents and persons related to the school, among others; and (2) provisions for reducing or preventing damages to the students, teachers and other teaching and non-teaching personnel.
(f) Receive and evaluate the proposed budget prepared by the Director for the school before remitting it to the Department.
(g) Approve the regulations of the school.
(h) Prepare a system with the Director to refer any cases of child abuse detected in the school to the Department of the Family or any other competent authority, and follow-up the same.
(i) Advise the Director on any other matter related to the school.
The Council shall create working groups and request the specialized personnel required to execute its work from the Department. It shall also create a group constituted by representative members of the teaching personnel to:
(a) Advise the Director in the drafting of the school’s study plan and its program of activities.
(b) Evaluate changes in the curriculum drawn up by the Director or the teachers in view of the needs and interests of the students and the standards of the Puerto Rico Public School System.
(c) Collaborate with the Director in drafting the programs for students who have fallen behind academically, and students with high academic yield.
History —July 15, 1999, No. 149, § 2.21; Sept. 3, 2003, No. 252, § 1.