A school management and leadership center shall provide administrative and education functions in accordance with Chapter 123: "
School Management and Leadership Centers - At-A Glance" and shall function as an extension of the member school administrative units and associate members of the school management and leadership center. A member school administrative unit of the school management and leadership center cannot transfer the responsibility for providing the opportunity of a free public education to each of its students or a free, appropriate education to each of its students with a disability as required by this Title or by federal law.
Leadership center's functions, programs and services may include but are not limited to the following:
- Accounting, payroll and financial management services and procurement;
- Transportation, transportation routing and vehicle maintenance;
- Reporting functions;
- Special education programs and administration;
- Gifted and talented programs and administration;
- Alternative education programs and administration;
- Substitute teachers and staff augmentation;
- Technology and technology support;
- Food service planning and purchasing;
- Energy management and facilities maintenance;
- Regional school leadership academies;
- L. Staff training and professional development;
- Shared educational programs or staff;
- Shared support service programs;
- Educational programs such as summer school, extended school year, tutoring, advanced placement and other programs that serve students and improve student achievement;
- Shared extracurricular or co-curricular programs; and
- Superintendent services.
Categories of services of school management and leadership center. The following are the categories of services that a school administrative unit that is a member of a school management and leadership center pursuant to chapter 123 may purchase for funding purposes under section 3806.
- Category 1, appropriate instructional services in the least restrictive settings that comply with federal regulations and state rules, including: (1) Special education programs and administration; (2) Gifted and talented programs and administration; (3) Alternative education programs and administration; (4) Shared educational programs or staff; and (5) Educational programs such as summer school, extended school year, tutoring, advanced placement and other programs that serve students and improve student achievement.
- Category 2, education support services, including the following services: (1) Substitute teachers and staff augmentation; (2) Technology and technology support; (3) Staff training and professional development; (4) Regional school leadership academies; (5) Shared support services programs; and (6) Shared extracurricular or cocurricular programs.
- Category 3, central office services, including the following services: (1) Accounting, payroll, financial management services and procurement; (2) Reporting functions; (3) Food service planning and purchasing; and (4) Superintendent services.
- Category 4, facilities and transportation system services, including the following services: (1) Transportation, transportation routing and vehicle maintenance; and (2) Energy management and facilities maintenance.