<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (September 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> A board of education, school committee or school board is the board of directors or board of trustees of a school, local school district or higher administrative level . </P> <P> The elected council helps determine educational policy in a small regional area, such as a city, county, state or province . It usually shares power with a larger institution, such as the government's department of education . The name of the board is also often used to refer to the school system under the board's control . </P> <P> The government department that administered education in the United Kingdom before the foundation of the Ministry of Education was also called the Board of Education . </P>

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