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School districts are a form of special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools. There are two types of special-purpose districts in the United States school districts and special districts See also Primary education An elementary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of Compulsory education known as elementary High school is the name used in some parts of the world (in particular Scotland, North America and Australia) to describe an institution They exist mostly in the United States, where they operate nearly all government-funded schools. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

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Public education in many communities in the USA has been made the function of a school district serving one or more towns. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A school district is a unique body corporate and politic, usually with districts being coequal to that of a city or a county, and has similar powers including taxation and eminent domain. Body politic or body corporate and politic means a State or one of its subordinate Civil authorities, such as a Province, Prefecture A city is an Urban area with a large Population and a particular Administrative, Legal, or Historical status A county is a Land area of Regional Government within a larger State. Eminent domain ( United States) compulsory purchase ( United Kingdom, New Zealand, Ireland) resumption/compulsory acquisition Its legislative body, elected by direct popular vote or by appointment by other governmental officials, is called a school board, board of trustees, or school committee, and this body appoints a superintendent, usually an experienced public school administrator, to function as the district's chief executive for carrying out day-to-day decisions and policy implementations. A board of education or a school Board or school committee is the title of the Board of directors of a school local School district In Education, a superintendent (also known as a chief school administrator in many states is an individual that has executive oversight and administration rights A chief executive officer ( CEO) or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking corporate officer ( executive) or administrator The school board may also exercise a quasi-judicial function in serious employee or student discipline matters. A quasi-judicial body is an individual or organization which has powers resembling those of a Court of law or Judge and is able to remedy a situation or impose legal Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. The word student is etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation Verb "studēre" In its most general sense discipline refers to systematic instruction given to a Disciple.

Not all school systems constitute school districts as distinct bodies corporate. A few states have no school systems independent of county or municipal governments. One prominent example is Maryland, where all school systems are run at the county or, in the case of Baltimore City, the county-equivalent level. Other states, such as New York, have both independent school districts and school systems that are subordinate to cities[1]. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Uniquely, the Hawaii State Department of Education functions as a single state-wide school district. The Hawaii State Department of Education is the most centralized and only statewide public education system in the United States.

In the 2002 Census of Governments, the United States Census Bureau enumerated the following numbers of school systems in the United States:

The functioning of a school district can be a key influence and concern in local politics. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census Politics Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions A well run district with safe and clean schools, graduating enough students to good universities, can enhance the value of housing in its area, and thus increase the amount of tax revenue available to carry out its operations. A university is an institution of Higher education and Research, which grants Academic degrees in a variety of subjects Conversely, a poorly-run district may cause growth in the area to be far less than surrounding areas, or even a decline in population. In recent years, poorly-run schools or districts, particularly in affluent areas and major cities, have sometimes been converted into charter schools. Charter schools are elementary or secondary schools in the United States that receive public money but

In addition to the various schools it operates and the various support facilities they require for their operation, such as school bus yards, laundries, warehouses, and kitchens, some very large school districts operate medical clinics, television stations (many of which are official CBS, ABC, NBC, Fox, PBS or NPR affiliates for their respective markets), and fully functioning campus police departments. A school bus is a Bus used to transport Children and Adolescents to and from School and school events CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's A fox is an Animal belonging to any one of about 27 Species (of which only 12 actually belong to the Vulpes genus or 'true foxes' of small The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the Campus police in the United States and Canada are often sworn Police officers employed by a public School district, College or Additionally it is not unusual to find public libraries or recreation programs operated by a school system. A library is a collection of information sources resources and services and the structure in which it is housed it is organized for use and maintained by a public body an institution Recreation or fun is the expenditure of time in a manner designed for therapeutic refreshment of one's Body or Mind.

In Virginia, school districts are called school divisions because funding for education comes through the city or county government that the school division is located in. The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state A school division is a geographic division over which a School board has jurisdiction

Terminology

Although these terms can vary slightly between various states and regions, these are typical definitions for school district constitution:

Schools

Districts

These terms may not appear in a district's name, even though the condition may apply.

International comparisons

While a number of other countries have school districts, they often vary drastically from the U. S. model. Often other jurisdictions will have autonomous districts (or equivalent) authorities to represent various groups seeking autonomy, such as linguistic groups, or religious groups. The U. S. school districts, which tend to be based largely on geographical divisions, generally avoid these issues, as English is such a dominant language, and religion is largely excluded from public education by the legal doctrine of the separation of church and state and the widespread existence of private schools run by religious organizations. Separation of church and state is a Political and Legal Doctrine that Government and religious institutions are to be kept separate For the film of this title see Private School (film. Private schools, or Independent schools are Schools not administered In much of the world, religious (confessional), linguistic, and other divisions, are a significant factor in organizing school districts or equivalent authorities.

In England and Wales, school boards were established in 1870, and abolished in 1902, with county council and county borough councils becoming the Local Education Authorities. History The Roman occupation of Britain was the first period in which the area of present-day England and Wales was administered as a single unit (with the exception School boards were set up in England and Wales under the Elementary Education Act 1870 following campaigning by George Dixon, Joseph Chamberlain A County council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a County. County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (excluding Scotland) to refer to a Borough or a City [2]

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