У статті на основі аналізу законодавчих і нормативних документів, протоколів засідань ради при попечителі Харківського навчального округу, службового листування попечителя навчального округу з посадовими особами Міністерства народної освіти, звітів Харківського університету, статей і рецензій М. Лавровського, опублікованих у «Журналі Міністерства народної освіти» та «Циркулярі по Харківському навчальному округу», охарактеризовано зміст і напрями діяльності вченого як члена ради при попечителі Харківського навчального округу (1860–1874). ; The article is based on the study of legislative and regulatory documents, records of the meetings of the board of trustees of Kharkiv educational district, official correspondence of trustees of the educational district with officials of the Ministry of Public Education, reports of Kharkiv University, articles and reviews of M. Lavrovskyi published in the Journal of the Ministry of Public Education and the Circular for Kharkiv Educational District. The article depicts work directions of the scientist as a member of the board of trustees of Kharkiv educational district (1860–1874). We used such research methods as general scientific ones (analysis, synthesis, comparison, systematization, classification, generalization) and special ones (biographical and retrospective ones). It is specified that M. Lavrovskyi began his teaching career at Kharkiv University in February 1853 at the Department of Pedagogy. In November 1858, the scientist took the chair at the Department of Russian Literature. Along with teaching at this department, M. Lavrovskyi continued to give lectures at the vacant Department of Pedagogy until the 1861/1862 academic year. It is identified that he was elected to the board of trustees of Kharkiv educational district by the university council in 1860 as a professor of pedagogy because of organization of two-year pedagogical courses for teachers of secondary educational institutions, which were controlled mostly by the board of trustees of the educational district. After their liquidation in 1867, he was elected to the board as a professor of Russian language and literature. It is found that as a member of the board of trustees of Kharkiv educational district M. Lavrovskyi took an active part in considering educational issues of the district such as: the establishment and closure of public and private education institutions; discussion of proposals and taking the necessary measures to improve the educational work in secondary and lower education institutions of the district; examination of educational and methodological literature, its recommendation for using in education institutions of the district; management of pedagogical courses; examination of annual reports and results of inspections of secondary and lower education institutions of the district, etc. His great authority among other members of the board is shown by the fact that most of his proposals on various issues were taken by the board of trustees of the educational district as a basis for its decisions. It is identified that the most intensive and productive work of M. Lavrovskyi as a member of the board of trustees of Kharkiv educational district was during 1860–1867, when he was the head of candidates for a Pedagogy teacher position at pedagogical courses, and when he headed the pedagogical committee at the board and the pedagogical library of pedagogical courses. It was during these years that the scientist also initiated pedagogical discussions at secondary and lower education institutions of the district and pedagogical congresses, published articles "On Inspection of Lower Education Institutions by School Principals" (1861), "On Pedagogical Discussions in County Schools" (1861), and "Review of Teachers' Congresses in 1862 in Kharkiv Educational District" (1863). They all appeared due to his implementation of the instructions of the trustee of the educational district.