20-2-121. Board of public education -- powers and duties.

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20-2-121 . Board of public education -- powers and duties. The board of public education shall:

(1)effect an orderly and uniform system for teacher certification and specialist certification and for the issuance of an emergency authorization of employment by adopting the policies prescribed by 20-4-102 and 20-4-111 ;

(2)consider the suspension or revocation of teacher or specialist certificates and appeals from the denial of teacher or specialist certification in accordance with the provisions of 20-4-110 ;

(3)administer and order the distribution of BASE aid in accordance with the provisions of 20-9-344 ;

(4)adopt and enforce policies to provide uniform standards and regulations for the design, construction, and operation of school buses in accordance with the provisions of 20-10-111 ;

(5)adopt policies prescribing the conditions when school may be conducted on Saturday and the types of pupil-instruction-related days and approval procedure for those days in accordance with the provisions of 20-1-303 and 20-1-304 ;

(6)adopt standards of accreditation and establish the accreditation status of every school in accordance with the provisions of 20-7-101 and 20-7-102 ;

(7)approve or disapprove educational media selected by the superintendent of public instruction for the educational media library in accordance with the provisions of 20-7-201 ;

(8)adopt policies for the conduct of special education in accordance with the provisions of 20-7-402 ;

(9)adopt rules for issuance of documents certifying equivalency of completion of secondary education in accordance with 20-7-131 ;

(10)adopt policies for the conduct of programs for gifted and talented children in accordance with the provisions of 20-7-903 and 20-7-904 ;

(11)adopt rules for student assessment in the public schools; and

(12)perform any other duty prescribed from time to time by this title or any other act of the legislature.