| Farwell Area Schools |
| Bylaws & Policies |
0150 - ORGANIZATION
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Organizational Meeting |
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The Board of Education shall organize annually on or before the last Monday in July at a meeting held for that purpose in accordance with law. The meeting shall be called to order by the Superintendent who shall serve as presiding officer until the election of a President. |
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M.C.L.A. 168.302 |
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Revised 1/21/02 |
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0152 |
Officers |
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The Board shall elect from its members a President, Vice-President, and a Secretary, and Treasurer. |
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Election of officers shall be by a majority of the full Board. Where no such majority exists on the first ballot vote, a second vote shall be cast for the two (2) candidates who received the greatest number of ballot votes. |
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Officers shall serve for one (1) year and until their respective successors are elected and shall qualify. An officer may be removed for cause by a majority vote of the full Board. The Board shall fill a vacancy in any Board officer position within thirty (30) days of the occurrence of the vacancy. |
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M.C.L.A. 380.11a |
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Revised 1/21/02 |
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0154 |
Motions |
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The Board shall, at the organizational meeting: |
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designate a depository for school funds (M.C.L.A. 380.1221); |
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designate those persons authorized to sign checks, contracts, agreements, and purchase orders; |
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designate a day, place, and time for regular meetings which shall be held at least once every two (2) months; |
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designate those persons authorized to use the safe deposit box; |
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adopt existing bylaws and policies for its own operation and for operations conducted through the Intermediate School District; |
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designate the Electronic Transfer Officer (ETO) in accordance with Policy 6144. |
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Revised 4/04 |
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0155 |
Committees |
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Committees of Board members shall, when specifically charged to do so by the Board, gather information, conduct studies, present options to the Board and act in an advisory capacity, but shall neither limit choices available to nor take action on behalf of the Board. |
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All committees shall comply with the Open Meetings Act by providing notices of each meeting, posting the time and date of each meeting, providing for a period of public participation, and recording appropriate minutes of the meeting. A committee may conduct a closed meeting providing it is for one of the purposes described in Bylaw 0167 and the committee abides by all requirements for the conduct of a closed meeting. A committee may meet in closed session to review the specific contents of an employment application provided when the applicant for employment requests that the information remains confidential. It may not, however, meet in closed session to protect an applicant's identity. |
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The President shall appoint members of the Board to the following standing committees where they shall serve a term of one year. |
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Ad hoc committees may be created and charged at any time by the President. |
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Members of ad hoc committees shall serve until the committee is discharged. |
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The Superintendent may serve as an ex-officio member of each committee. |
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Committees shall consist of no more than three (3) Board members. |
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A member may request (or refuse) appointment to a committee. |
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Refusal to serve on any one committee shall not be grounds for failure to appoint a member to another committee. |
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Revised 7/7/97 |
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