BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Series 200
Policy Title: Organization of the Board of Directors Code No. 200.1
The Oskaloosa Community School District Board is authorized by and derives its organization from Iowa law. The Board will consist of 7 Board Members. Board Members are elected at-large.
The Board is organized for the purpose of setting policy and providing general direction for the school district. The Board will hold its organizational meeting at the first regular meeting following the canvass of votes. The retiring Board will transfer materials and responsibility to the new Board.
The organizational meeting allows the outgoing Board to approve minutes of its previous meetings, complete unfinished business, and review the school election results. The retiring Board will adjourn and the new Board will then begin. The School Board Secretary will administer the oath of office to the newly-elected Board Members. The Board Secretary or designee will preside while the new Board elects the president and vice-president of the new Board.
NOTE: Iowa law establishes the organizational meeting at or before the firs regular meeting following the canvass of votes.
Board members elected at a general election must qualify at or before the organizational meeting.
Approved: December 10, 2002
Reviewed: 11/14/2023
Revised: 12/12/2023
Legal Reference: Iowa Code §§ 274.2; 275.23A; 277.23, .28, .31; 279.1, .5, .7, .8, .33 (2013); 281 I.A.C. 12.3(2).
Cross Reference: 202 Board of Directors Members; 206.1 President; 206.2 Vice-President; 210 Board of Directors' Meetings.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Series 200
Administrative Regulation: Organizational Meeting Procedures Code No. 200.1R1
The Board will hold its organizational meeting in odd numbered years at the first regular meeting following the canvas of votes. Notice of the meeting’s place and time will be given by the Board Secretary to each member, member-elect and the public.
The purpose of the meeting is to transfer material and responsibility from the outgoing Board to the new Board. At the meeting, the Board will elect a president who will hold office for one year. In even numbered years the president will be elected at the annual meeting held on or before the October meeting. Once elected, the president will be entitled to vote on all matters before the Board.
Meeting Procedure
The organizational meeting of the Board will be held in two parts: the final meeting of the outgoing Board, and the organizational meeting of the new Board.
1. Final Meeting of the Retiring Board
(1) Call to order
(2) Roll call
(3) Approval of minutes of previous meeting(s)
(4) Communications
(5) Visitors
(6) Unfinished business
(a) Current claims and accounts (for the retiring Board to authorize).
(b) Other items. If any member of the Board feels the Board should consider any unfinished business, even if only to identify it as unfinished business, the member should address the issue at this time.
(7) Review of election results. The Board Secretary will present the county auditor’s official report on the latest elections. Official results are recorded in
the minutes.
(8) Adjournment of the retiring Board.
2. Organizational Meeting of the New Board
(1) Board Secretary, as president pro tem, will preside over the meeting until a
new Board President is elected.
(2) Call to order
(3) Roll call
(4) Oath of office. The Board Secretary will administer the oath to new members
(5) Election of a President of the Board. The president pro tem calls for nominations; nominations need not be seconded. The Board will then vote on the nominations. The secretary will announce the result of the vote, and
the Board Secretary shall administer the oath of office to the newly elected
president and the new elected president will assume the chair.
(6) Election of the vice-president. The president of the Board will call for
nominations; the nominations need not be seconded. The Board will then
vote on the nominations. The president will announce the results and
administer the oath of office to the vice-president.
(7) A slate of candidates for President and vice-president may be nominated and acted upon by the board unless a board member objects. If that is the case, the election of president and vice-president reverts back to individual nominations.
Other items of business at the organizational meeting may include:
(8) Board resolution of appreciation recognizing the public service rendered by
retiring Board Members.
(9) Determination of dates, times, and places for regular meetings of the Board
(10) Board resolution to define the operating rules and practices that will be
followed by the new Board
(11) Board resolution to authorize the interim payment of bills pursuant to policy
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(12) Communications
(13) Visitors
(14) Superintendent’s report
(15) Adjournment
Vacancies in Officer Positions
If any office of the Board should become vacant between organizational meetings, such office will be filled by the remaining members of the Board in accordance with this policy.
Approved: December 10, 2002
Reviewed: June 9, 2020
Revised: June 9, 2020
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Series 200
Policy Title: Powers of the Board of Directors Code No. 200.2
The Board, acting on behalf of the School District, will have jurisdiction over school matters within the territory of the school district.
The Board is empowered to make policy for its own governance, for employees, for students, and for school district facilities. The Board is also empowered to enforce its policies. The board may, through its quasi-judicial power, conduct hearings and rule on issues and disputes confronting the School District.
The Board has these powers and all other powers expressly granted to it in federal and state law as well as the powers that can be reasonably implied from the express powers.
Approved: December 10, 2002
Reviewed: June 9, 2020
Revised:
Legal Reference: Board of Directors of Ind. School Dist. of Waterloo v. Green, 259 Iowa 1260, 147 N.W.2d 854 (1967); Iowa Code §§ 28E; 274.1-.2; 279.8; 281 I.A.C. 12.1(2).
Cross Reference: 209 Board of Directors' Management Procedures
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Series 200
Policy Title: Responsibilities of the Board of Directors Code No. 200.3
The Board is authorized to govern the school district which it oversees. The board is entrusted with public funds and is responsible for overseeing the improvement of student outcomes, including student academic achievement and skill proficiency. As the governing Board of the School District, the Board has three duties to perform: legislative duty, executive duty and evaluative duty.
As a representative of the citizens of the School District community, the Board is responsible for legislating policy for the School District. As a policy making body, the Board has jurisdiction to enact policy with the force and effect of law for the management and operation of the School District.
It is the responsibility of the Board, under the Board's executive duty, to select its chief executive officer, the superintendent, to operate the School District on the Board's behalf. The Board delegates to the Superintendent its authority to carry out Board policy, to formulate and carry out rules and regulations and to handle the administrative details in a manner which, supports and is consistent with Board policy.
The Board has a responsibility to review the education program's performance under its evaluative duty. The Board regularly reviews the education program and ancillary services. The review includes a careful study and examination of the facts, conditions and circumstances surrounding the amount of funds received or expended and the education program's ability to achieve the Board's educational philosophy and goals for the School District.
Approved: December 10, 2002
Reviewed: June 9, 2020
Revised: October 12, 2021
Legal Reference: Iowa Code §§ 274.1; 279.1, .8, .20; 280.12; 281 I.A.C. 12.3(2).
Cross Reference: 101 Educational Philosophy of the School District; 103 Long-Range Needs Assessment; 209 Board of Directors' Management Procedures; 600 Goals and Objectives of the Education Program