0155. 	BOARD COMMITTEES 

The Board of Education authorizes the creation of committees of Board members charged to conduct studies, make recommendations to the Board, and act in an advisory capacity.  Committees are not authorized to take action on behalf of the Board.

The President shall appoint Board members to serve a one-year term on the following Board standing committees:  

Finance and Insurance
Building and Grounds
Negotiations
Personnel and Policies
Transportation and Athletics
Public Relations
Security, Information Technology (IT) and Health
Curriculum
Long-Term Planning Committee (meetings conducted as necessary, or       quarterly, as determined by the chairperson)

An ad-hoc committee may be created and charged at any time by the President or a majority of the Board members present and voting.  The President shall appoint members to any committee so created and charged; members shall serve until the committee is discharged.

Committees shall consist of no more than four Board members; the President, who shall serve as ex officio member on all Board committees.  A member may request or refuse appointment to a committee; a member's refusal to serve on any one committee shall not prejudice his/her appointment to another committee.

The Board reserves the right to meet and work as a Committee of the Whole in informational, discussion, and exploratory sessions.  No official action shall be taken at these meetings, unless so advertised.

A chairperson for each committee shall be appointed by the President.

Board Committee members may only be removed from a Board Committee for failure to actively participate in the Board Committee.  For the purposes of this Policy, “failure to actively participate” shall mean: failure to attend, either physically present, or via phone, four consecutive committee meetings.  The Committee Chairperson may make a recommendation to the Board for removal of the Board Member from the committee for “failure to actively participate” and removal of the Board member from a Board Committee shall be subject to approval of the majority of the Board.

Committee meetings may be called at any time by the committee chairperson or when a meeting is requested by a majority of the members of the committee.  

For purposes of efficiency and transparency, any meeting of the Negotiations committee, during which contract negotiations are to occur between either of the two recognized district bargaining units, will require at least three committee members, either present, or via telephone, as well as the Board Secretary. 
 
Committee meetings shall not be open to the public, except that a majority of the committee or the chairperson may open the meeting to the public or invite persons whose knowledge or expertise may be useful to the committee.

Date Adopted:  4/18/77
Date Revised:  3/18/91, 9/17/07, 4/16/13, 11/19/13, 1/19/16, 1/17/17, 6/17/19, 6/16/20