Policy 2.I - BOARD COMMITTEE STRUCTURE

Date Adopted January 27, 2009

Revised April 24, 2012, May 26, 2015, July 28, 2015, September 26, 2017, December 14, 2021, March 8, 2023

A committee is a Board committee only if its existence and charge come from the Board, regardless of whether Board members sit on the committee. The only Board committees are those which are set forth in this policy. Unless otherwise stated, a Board Committee will cease to exist when its task is complete. Unless otherwise specified, the Superintendent, or his/her staff designee, will serve as a non-voting member of each committee.

1. In addition to the following standing committees, the Board, in its discretion may establish advisory committees for a specific task and time (ad hoc).
2. Ownership Linkage Committee
   a) Product: Development of mechanisms and plans for Board approval regarding linkage between the Board and the ownership of the District.
   b) Authority: To incur costs within board budget and no more than 20 hours of management time per month.
   c) Composition: Two Board of Education Directors
3. Education Committee
   a) Product: Development of informed and alternative points of view for the Board to consider, primarily in its Goals deliberations, including speakers, panelists, futurists, demographers, reports, opinion papers, etc.
   b) Authority: To incur costs within board budget and no more than 20 hours of management time per month.
   c) Education committee will assign senior board members as mentors to all new board members. The role of the mentor will be to assist and advise the new board director with board duties and responsibilities. No formal board action is required.
   d) Composition: Two Board of Education Directors
4. The 27J Believers Awards
   a) Purpose: Identify community members and district employees to be recognized for extraordinary contributions to students or the district.
   b) Composition: Two Board of Education Directors
5. Capital Facility Fee Foundation
   a) Purpose: Directors support the district contribution to the Capital Facility Fee Foundation(CFFF). The CFFF functions as a separate entity formed by developers and the school district to address future seat needs of the District.
   b) Composition: Three Board of Education Directors
6. Rocky Mountain Risk Insurance Group (Formerly BOCES)/POOL
   a) Purpose: Director supports the BOCES and insurance pool formed by Adams county school districts. The pool was formed to stabilize rate instability and premium fluctuations in the private sector. Currently the Pool offers Workers Compensation, Liability and Property insurance to the district and other pool members.
   b) Composition: One Board of Education Director
7. Commerce City and School District 27J Use Tax Committee
   a) Purpose: Directors deliberate and decide the expenditure of use tax dollars withheld during construction of district facilities in Commerce City.
   b) Composition: Two Board of Education Directors
8. 2021 Bond Oversight Committee
   a) Purpose: Directors participate in a review committee dedicated to the oversight of bond dollar expenditures ensuring adherence to bond language and stewardship of those funds.
   b) Composition: Two Board of Education Directors
9. Brighton Youth Commission
   a) Purpose: Director(s) provide information concerning the activities of the commission.
   b) Composition: One Board of Education Director
10. 2022 Mill Levy Override Oversight Committee
    a) Purpose: Directors participate in a review committee dedicated to the oversight of mill levy override dollar expenditures ensuring adherence to mill levy language and stewardship of those funds.
    b) Composition: Two Board of Education Directors
11. Teacher of the Year Award Committee
    a) Purpose: To recognize three teachers from the entire pool of nominations from district-managed schools. The nomination process for the State Teacher of the Year Awards will be at the discretion of each school's principal. One teacher will be recognized from an elementary school, a middle school, and a high school.
    b) Composition: Two Board of Education Directors and one teacher/Brighton Education Association (BEA) Representative