Cost of Governance 4.8
The Board will invest in its continuing governance capacity.
Accordingly:
1) Board skills and
resources will be sufficient to assure governing with excellence.
a. Training and
retraining will be used appropriately to orient new members and candidates for
membership, as well as to maintain and increase existing member skills and
understandings.
b. Outside monitoring
assistance will be arranged as needed so that the Board can exercise confident
control over organizational performance.
This includes, but is not limited to, the fiscal audit.
c. Outreach
mechanisms will be used as needed to ensure the Board’s ability to listen to
the viewpoints and values of the Montpelier School District community.
2) Costs will be
prudently incurred, though not at the expense of endangering the development
and maintenance of superior capability.
3)
Annually, the Board will develop and approve a budget for training,
monitoring, and advocacy mechanisms for the coming year. Additional member commitments or expenditures
require approval of the Board.
Date
Adopted: July 1, 2007