The Board of Education is a representative body elected by the registered voters of the Leeton R-X School District of Johnson County. It is the purpose and the role of the Board of Education to exercise general supervision over the schools of the district, and to ensure that the schools are maintained as provided by the state statutes, the rules, and procedures of the Missouri State Board of Education and/or the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, and the policies, rules, and procedures of the school district. In addition, the Board is accountable to the electorate and shall be responsive to the educational needs and the imposed financial constraints of the district.