Which body has the higher authority – a county professional development board or the local board of education?
A. The regulations are clear on this. The local district committee’s plan goes first to the local board of education for approval. Once reviewed by the local board, it goes to the County Professional Development Board for approval and then back to the local board of education for final district approval. If the local board does not approve the district professional development plan, the plan then goes back to the local professional development committee for revision and then once again to the county board and the district board of education for approval. The local board of education has the final approval.
