Board Officers 4.4
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Board Chair:
The Chair of the Board ensures the integrity of the Board’s processes.
Accordingly, the Chair has the following authority and duties:
1)
Monitor
Board behavior to ensure that it is consistent with its own rules and policies
and those legitimately imposed upon it from outside the organization.
a.
Conduct
and monitor Board meeting deliberations to ensure that only Board issues, as
defined in Board policy, are discussed.
b.
Ensure
that Board meeting deliberations are fair, open, and thorough, but also
efficient, timely, orderly, and to the point.
c.
Preside
and chair all Board meetings in accordance with law and with all the commonly
accepted power of that position as described in Robert’s Rules of Order.
2)
Make
all interpretive decisions that fall within the topics covered by Board
policies on Governance Process and Board/Superintendent Relationship, except
where the Board specifically delegates such authority to others, using any
reasonable interpretation of the provisions in those policies.
a.
Refrain
from making any interpretative decisions about policies created by the Board in
the Ends and Superintendent Limitations policy areas.
b.
Refrain
from exercising any authority as an individual to supervise or direct the superintendent.
3)
Perform
all statutorily required duties or those assigned by the Board.
4)
Compile
and facilitate the Board’s summative evaluation of the Superintendent.
5)
Appoint
members of all Board-approved committees.
6)
Develop
proposed board meeting agendas.
Vice
Chair:
The
Vice Chair has the following authority and duties:
1)
Perform
all duties legally assigned to the office.
2)
Assume
the duties assigned to the Chair in the event the latter is absent or unable to
act.
Clerk/Treasurer:
The
Clerk/Treasurer has the following authority and duties:
1)
Perform
all duties legally assigned to the office.
2)
Assume
the duties assigned to the President in the event of the absence or inability
to act of the Chair and Vice Chair.
Board Officers 4.4
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Parliamentarian:
The
Parliamentarian has the following authority & duties:
1)
Perform
all duties legally assigned to the office.
2)
Assume
the duties assigned to the President in the event of the absence or inability
to act of the Chair, Vice Chair and Clerk/Treasurer.
Date
Adopted: July 1, 2007