0150 - ORGANIZATION

Grosse Ile Township Schools

Bylaws & Policies

0150 - ORGANIZATION

0151	Organizational Meeting

	The Board of Education shall organize annually not earlier than January 1st immediately following an election held on a November regular election date suggested) and not later than the third Tuesday in January at a meeting held for that purpose. The meeting shall be called to order by the ranking officer of the preceding Board who shall serve as presiding officer until the election of a temporary chairperson, who shall in turn serve until the election of a President.

	M.C.L.A. 168.302

	Revised 5/27/08

0152	Officers

	The Board shall elect a President and Vice-President as well as a Secretary and Treasurer.

	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.

	Except for those appointed to fill a vacancy, 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.

	M.C.L.A. 380.11a

	Revised 5/27/08

0154		Motions

		The Board shall, at the organizational meeting:

		A.	designate depositories for school funds; M.C.L.A. 380.1221

		B.	designate those persons authorized to sign checks, contracts, agreements, and purchase orders;

		C.	designate a day, place, and time for regular meetings which shall be held at least once every month;

		D.	designate those persons authorized to use the safe deposit box;

		E.	determine fee charged to individuals who request notice of Board meetings; (M.C.L.A. 15.266)

		F.	designate an administrator to assume specified responsibilities of the Treasurer; and of the Secretary;

		G.	designate the Electronic Transfer Officer (ETO) in accordance with Policy 6144.

0155		Committees

	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.

		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.

	The President is authorized to appoint members of the Board to the standing committees where they shall serve a term of one (1) year.

	Ad hoc committees may be created and changed at any time by the President or a majority of the members present at any meeting at which the need for a committee becomes evident.

	Members of ad hoc committees shall serve until the committee is discharged.

	The Superintendent may serve as an ex-officio member of each committee.

	A member may request (or refuse) appointment to a committee.

	Refusal to serve on any one committee shall not be grounds for failure to appoint a member to another committee.

	Each Board committee shall be convened by a chairperson who shall report for the committee and shall be appointed by the President.

Adopted 8/28/07