0150 - ORGANIZATION

Nettle Creek School Corporation

Bylaws & Policies

0150 - ORGANIZATION

0151	Organizational Meeting

	The School Board shall organize annually on or before July 15th at a meeting held 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 temporary chairperson, who shall in turn serve until the election of a President.

	I.C. 20-5-3-1

0151.1	Board of Finance for Nettle Creek School Corporation

	The School Board shall establish each January at its organizational meeting a Board of Finance consisting of the Board President and Secretary.

	The function of the Finance Board will be twofold. Its first responsibility will be to designate the depositories for the safekeeping of Corporation funds. Such depositories must be designated as public depositories by the State Board of Depositories and be located within the Corporation's boundaries except in circumstances outlined in State law.

	The second function of the Board will be to review the Corporation's investment policy, practices, and portfolio. The Corporation's Treasurer shall provide the Board with a copy of the policy and practices as well as a written report that summarizes the investment activities during the previous year.

	I.C. 5-13-7-1 et seq.
	I.C. 5-13-8-9

0152	Officers

	The Board shall elect from its members a President, Vice-President, and a Secretary all of whom are separate members.

	The Board shall also appoint a Treasurer of the Board and of the Corporation who is not the Superintendent or a Board member.

	Election of officers shall be by a majority of the full Board. Where no such majority exists on the first vote, a second vote shall be cast for the two (2) candidates who received the greatest number of votes.

	I.C. 20-5-3-1

	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 either office within thirty (30) days of the occurrence of the vacancy.

0154	Motions

	The Board shall, at the organizational meeting:

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

	B.	adopt existing bylaws and policies for its own operation and for operations conducted through the Corporation;

	C.	authorize the President of the Board to appoint individual Board members to any necessary committees or as representatives to various organizations;

	D.	appoint a legal counsel;

	E.	appoint a Board member as legislative liaison to the Indiana School Boards Association.

0155	Committees

	Committees appointed by the Board shall, when specifically charged to do so by the Board, conduct studies, make recommendations to the Board, and act in an advisory capacity, but shall not take action on behalf of the Board.

	Meetings of Board-appointed committees shall be subject to the Open Door Law (I.C. 5-14-1.5, 5-14-1.5-2) and must abide by its provisions whenever a committee meets to receive information, deliberate, make recommendations, establish a policy, or make a decision.


	The President shall, as soon after the organizational meeting as practicable, appoint members of the Board to standing committees where they shall serve a term of one (1) year.

	Ad hoc committees may be created and charged 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 or the Superintendent with the approval of the Board.

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

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

	Refusal to serve on any one (1) 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 chosen by the committee from among its members.