2.7 - Board Meetings

SERIES 2 - THE BOARD AND GOVERNANCE

REGULAR MEETINGS

Regular meetings of the BOD will be held not less than once a month, with the exception of July.

MANNER OF ACTING

It is critical to good governance of the school that every member be present to vote and express opinions at every meeting of the BOD.

AGENDA

A written agenda for every regular or special meeting of the BOD shall be prepared by the President and posted with or included in every public notice of the meeting. Any matter requested by any BOD member for inclusion shall be included in the agenda. The BOD shall adopt a BOD calendar for the succeeding twelve regular meetings any time before the August Meeting. The calendar will constitute a partial list of agenda items for those meetings that may not be modified except by vote of the BOD. The time allotted to calendar items and all other matters involving agendas shall be determined in accordance WITH the above agenda requirements in this section.

PUBLIC COMMENT

Members of the public may be given a limited amount of time at the beginning of every BOD meeting for public comment. In addition, members of the public present at any BOD meeting shall be allowed to comment on every proposed action on which, after a motion is pending, every BOD member wishing to comment has commented. At the BOD’s discretion, public comment may also be invited with respect to any matter affecting the school. the President may, or at the request of any BOD member shall, include in the agenda of every regular or special meeting of the BOD a time for public comment; and if no such time is included in the agenda, the BOD may invite public comment at its discretion. With respect to any proposed action, public comment must be permitted if any BOD member has commented. The following rules will govern public comment at the BOD meetings:

1) During public comment periods included in a meeting’s agenda, comment will be permitted from the floor, and from BOD members, in the order requested by the raising of hands.

2) When a motion is pending:

(i) Any BOD member desiring to speak at any time shall be given priority over members of the public.

(ii) Public comment will be ruled out of order and terminated immediately unless it relates directly to the proposed action and is reasonably calculated to influence the BOD’s vote on the pending motion. At the discretion of the Chairman, one warning may be given before termination of the right to speak.

3) When public comment is invited by the BOD other than during public comment periods included in a meeting’s agenda, unless the BOD directs otherwise, the Chairman shall set the rules under which public comment will be received.

4) Any member of the public desiring greater opportunity for comment than is permitted at a BOD meeting shall be invited to (1) submit comments to the BOD in writing, and (2) request that a member of the BOD place the item on the agenda of a regular meeting. No BOD member shall be required to comply with any such request.

These rules will be applied by the Chairman at all meetings unless the BOD prescribes otherwise.

VOTING PROCEDURE

All votes shall be by roll call and shall be recorded except in matter of routine business in which case the Chairman may query the BOD for any objections to the motion or resolution and hearing none may declare the resolution as passed.

Adopted: 04-14-2022