Section 22-10A-18 - School principals; dutiesIn addition to other duties prescribed by law, a school principal shall:
A. under the general supervision of the local superintendent, assume administrative responsibility and overall instructional leadership for the public school to which he is assigned, including the discipline of students and the planning, operation, supervision and evaluation of the educational program of the school; B. recommend to the local superintendent the employment, promotion, transfer, discharge and termination of school employees in his school; C. evaluate the performance of school employees and develop professional development plans or job improvement plans to assist school employees to improve; D. take disciplinary action against school employees; E. develop a proposed budget for the public school, with input from the school council, and submit it to the local superintendent; and F. perform other duties assigned to him by the local superintendent to implement the policies of the local school board. 1978 Comp., § 22-10A-18, enacted by Laws 2003, ch. 153, § 49.