15-352. Exemptions

A. The governing board is not obligated to reconstitute previously formed school councils pursuant to this section if the existing school councils include representation by more than one teacher and more than one parent or guardian of a pupil enrolled at the school.

B. The governing board may allow an alternative school to establish an alternative school council with members other than those specified in section 15-351 if teachers and parents or guardians of pupils enrolled at the school are represented.

C. A school district that has only one school or a student population of less than six hundred students may decide by a vote of the governing board to not participate in the decentralization process required by this article. If the governing board votes to not participate, the district is not subject to this article.