Policy ESU-8441

Board Operating Procedures

Order of Business

Reviewed and affirmed by the Board: 
Last Revision: 
Original publish date: 08/22/1989
Related policies & regulations:  
Legal references:  

 

1. Opening Procedures
   1. Call to Order
   2. Roll Call
   3. Announce Open Meeting Act Posting and Location
   4. Approval of Minutes
2. Special Reports, Presentations and Celebrations of Success
3. Public Comment on Agenda Items
4. Consent Items
   1. Human Resource Changes
   2. Routine Business
      1. Claims/Wire Transfers
      2. Payroll
      3. Gifts
      4. Bids, Contracts and Other Routine Business Discussed at Prior Meeting or Under $500,000
      5. Bids, Contracts and Other Routine Business
   3. Option Enrollment (In/Out)
5. *First Reading, Action at Following Meeting
   1. From Board Committees
   2. From the Superintendent
   3. Bids, Contracts and Other Routine Business over $500,000
6. Second Reading, Recommended for Action
   1. From Board Committees
   2. From the Superintendent
   3. Expedited/Emergency Actions
   4. Item(s) Removed from Consent Agenda
7. *Informational Items/Reports
   1. From Board Committees
   2. From the Career Academy
   3. From the Superintendent
8. Announcements of Upcoming Events for the Board
9. Public Comment
10. Request for Closed Session
11. Adjournment

If a motion for closed session has been passed at the meeting, other than as the last business item immediately prior to the closed session, the Chair immediately prior to the closed session shall restate on the record the limitation of the subject matter of the closed session.

*The above Order of Business may be modified and/or some listed components may be reordered or eliminated for any meetings, retreats, work sessions or as circumstances may demand at the discretion of the Chair. The Educational Service Unit Board is empowered to modify the order of business at any time, act on any item listed on the Agenda at any time during the meeting, irrespective of the time or order listed. Pages listed, or further detail, are available upon request. The Open Meetings Act requires and the intention of the Board is that agenda items be sufficiently descriptive to give the public reasonable notice of the matters to be considered at the meeting. The Board releases its agenda well in advance of most meetings and desires that all interested persons are fully informed. Any interested person who has a question or needs clarification about the sufficiency of a descriptive item should contact the Office of the Superintendent of Schools.