1998 Minnesota Statutes

     123B.147 Principals. 

    Subdivision 1.    Principal may supervise school building. 
  Each public school building, as defined by section 120A.05, 
 subdivisions 9, 11, and 13, in an independent district may be 
 under the supervision of a principal who is assigned to that 
 responsibility by the board of education in that district upon 
 the recommendation of the superintendent of schools of that 
 district.  If pupils in kindergarten through grade 12 attend 
 school in one building, one principal may supervise the building.

    Subd. 2.    Valid principal license required.  Each 
 principal assigned the responsibility for the supervision of a 
 school building shall hold a valid license in the assigned 
 position of supervision and administration as established by the 
 rules of the state board of education. 

    Subd. 3.    Principals' duties.  The principal shall 
 provide administrative, supervisory, and instructional 
 leadership services, under the supervision of the superintendent 
 of schools of the district and in accordance with the policies, 
 rules, and regulations of the board of education, for the 
 planning, management, operation, and evaluation of the education 
 program of the building or buildings to which the principal is 
 assigned. 

    HIST: Ex1959 c 71 art 4 s 16; 1969 c 9 s 27; 1971 c 144 s 1; 
 1973 c 492 s 7; 1974 c 37 s 1; 1975 c 162 s 25; 1975 c 432 s 16; 
 1978 c 706 s 13-15; 1978 c 764 s 31,32; 1979 c 334 art 6 s 8; 
 1981 c 175 s 1; 1983 c 314 art 7 s 18; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 398 
 art 8 s 8; 1990 c 562 art 8 s 21,22; 1991 c 265 art 9 s 34,35; 
 1993 c 224 art 9 s 22; art 12 s 15; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 9 s 19; art 
 16 s 13; 1998 c 397 art 6 s 55-61,124; art 11 s 3; 1998 c 398 
 art 6 s 16