{{Short description|Type of school district in some U.S. states}} {{distinguish|Independent school district}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} An '''intermediate school district''', in the United States, is a term used by some states to classify a special agency that operates outside the traditional charter of a school district. The specific role of these agencies varies by state.
==Michigan== In Michigan, an intermediate school district (also known as an educational service agency) is a government agency usually organized at the county or multi-county level that assists a local school district in providing programs and services.<ref name="coor-mi">{{cite web|url=http://www.coorisd.net|title=C.O.O.R ISD|publisher=C.O.O.R Intermediate School District}}</ref> Those services and programs include teacher education, enhancing education for very young or disenfranchised youth, providing resources for curriculum development, and training in new technologies.<ref name="tv113">{{cite web |title= Saginaw Intermediate School District |last= Syrek |first= Richard J. |work= Township View |date= January 31, 2013 |access-date= March 27, 2015 |url= http://townshipview.mihomepaper.com/news/2013-01-31/Business/Saginaw_Intermediate_School_District.html}}</ref> They collect data for the Michigan Department of Education,<ref name="coor-mi" /> and act as liaisons to the State of Michigan government.<ref name="tv113" /> An intermediate school district has a board of education chosen by a group of electors with one member from each local school district's board of education.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.geneseeisd.org/inside/boardofed.htm |publisher= Genesee Intermediate School District |title= Board of Education |access-date= 2008-10-28 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091206203954/http://www.geneseeisd.org/inside/boardofed.htm |archive-date= 2009-12-06 |url-status= dead }}</ref> Additionally, they may recommend a merger of school districts to the Michigan State Board of Education.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.michigan.gov/documents/Reg_VIII_L_57987_7.pdf |title= Report on Request for Consolidation of Atherton Community Schools and Bentley Community Schools |publisher= Michigan Department of Education |last= Watkins |first= Thomas D. |format= PDF}}</ref>
==Minnesota== In Minnesota, an intermediate school district is a special designation applied to a school district formed as a cooperative effort of two or more school districts "offering integrated services for secondary, post-secondary and adult students in the areas of vocational education, special education, and other authorized services."<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=136D.01 |title= §136D.01 |year= 2014 |work= Minnesota Statutes |publisher= Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes}}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|United States|Schools}} * List of intermediate school districts in Michigan * List of school districts in Minnesota
==References== <references />
Intermediate school districts in Michigan Category:School districts in Michigan Category:School districts