local board
Neighborhood governing body
A local board is an administrative body with jurisdiction over a specific geographic area, typically a subdivision of a larger organization.
The term appears most often in contexts like education, zoning, or military service: The local board denied his request for a variance.
During wartime conscription in the U.S., local draft boards decided who would be called up for military service.
- committeeAppointed group for duties
- city councilLocal legislative assembly
- municipalityLocal governing district
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
- town meetingLocal governance assembly
district · jurisdiction · aldermen · selectmen · management · governance · regulation · community · neighborhood watch · town hall · trustees · supervision · authority · budget approval · ratepayer · civic duty · planning commission · permit office
- local governancevillage council, mayors, town meeting, councils, aldermen
- local governmentcity manager, aldermen, city hall, councillors, councillor
- school governanceschool leadership, school committee, school council, governing body, superintendents
- School Policyschool reform, school funding, school district, education ministry, school budget
- draft defermentsdraft deferment, deferment, draft exemption, military exemption, student deferment
local boardfederal agency
National-level administrative body
national board · state board · central authority · central government · federal authority
local boardcentral authority
Single governing power source
national headquarters · central command · central administration · headquarters · central office
local, board, locale, locally, locality, localize, localized, localization, locals