Garfield Re-2 Policies

The Constitution of Colorado assigns to locally elected boards of education control of instruction in the public schools of their respective districts.  As charged by the constitution, the General Assembly has provided for the organization of school districts, including the composition of district boards and the election of school directors.

Legally, then, local school boards are political subdivisions of the state and derive their power from the state constitution and acts of the General Assembly.  They also have responsibilities to the local citizenry they serve and by whom they are elected.

There are five directors on the Board of Education of Garfield School District No. Re2, each of whom is elected for a four-year term. Adopted:

Reviewed: August 1994 January 9, 2018  

LEGAL REFS.: Constitution of Colorado, Article IX, Sections 2,15 C.R.S. 22-31-105

Note:  This section provides a district electorate with certain leeway in the number of directors and in the length of the term of office.   CROSS REFS.: BBA, Board Powers and Responsibilities BBBG, Board Elections

Garfield School District No. Re-2, Rifle, Colorado