TABLE OF CONTENTS

POLICY

A. Organization

1. Purpose and Role of the Board............................................................................. 8110

2. Duties and Functions of the Board of Education................................................. 8120

3. Annual Organizational Meeting............................................................................ 8130

4. Committee of the Whole....................................................................................... 8150

5. Standing Committees............................................................................................ 8151

6. Standing Committee on Negotiations................................................................... 8152

7. Standing Committee on Curriculum and Americanism......................................... 8153

8. Temporary Committees....................................................................................... 8160

B. Board Members

1. Retirement.......................................................................................................... 8200

2. Orientation for Newly-Elected Members of the

Board of Education............................................................................................. 8210

3. Policy for Board Member Attendance at Educational Workshops, Conferences, Training Programs, Official Functions, Hearings and

Meetings............................................................................................................ 8230

4. Coffee Act Policy (Reimbursable Expenses)..................................................... 8231

5. Use of Public Office, Confidential Information, or School Personnel,

Resources, or Funds for Financial Gain, or for Purposes of Campaigning

for or Against the Nomination, or Election of a Candidate or the

Qualification, Passage, or Defeat of a Ballot Issue............................................ 8232

6. Membership in School Board Associations...................................................... 8240

7. Conflict of Interest/Contracts............................................................................ 8260

8. Conflict of Interest/Employment of Immediate Family Member..................... 8261

9. Conflict of Interest/Other than Contracts or Employment .............................. 8270

10. Reporting Procedures........................................................................................ 8271/8271

11. Code of Ethics................................................................................................... 8272

C. Methods of Operation

1. Methods of Operation...................................................................................... 8300

2. Formulation of Policies..................................................................................... 8310

3. Adoption, Amendment or Suspension of Policies........................................... 8320

4. Formulation of Administrative Regulations..................................................... 8330

5. Meetings........................................................................................................... 8340

6. Types of Meetings........................................................................................... 8341

7. Designated Method of Giving Notice of Meetings.......................................... 8342

8. Agenda Construction and Control.................................................................... 8343

9. Location of School Board Meetings................................................................. 8344

10. Procedures During Meetings............................................................................ 8345

11. Public Participation at Board Meetings............................................................ 8346

12. Teacher-Administrator-Board of Education Relationships.............................. 8347