school board

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noun
  1. a local board or committee in charge of public education.

Origin of school board

1
First recorded in 1820–30

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British Dictionary definitions for school board

school board

noun
  1. (formerly in Britain) an elected board of ratepayers who provided local elementary schools between 1870 and 1902

  2. (in the US and Canada) a local board of education

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