Board Bylaw

BB 9100

Board Bylaws

Organization

Annual Organizational Meeting

The Board of Education shall hold an annual organizational meeting within the time limits prescribed by law. (Education Code 35143)

Note: The following items should be modified to reflect your district needs. Education Code 35022 requires all Boards with five or more members to elect a president. Education Code 35143 mandates the election of a clerk and a president for high school, union high school and joint union high school districts. City Boards of Education are required to elect only a president or president and vice president, and all other types of districts are required to elect a clerk. The following language should be revised as appropriate for your district.

At this meeting the Board shall:

1. Elect a president, a vice president and a clerk from its members

2. Authorize signatures

3. Designate Board representatives

(cf. 9140 - Board Representatives)

(cf. 9320 - Meetings and Notices)

Election of Officers

Note: The California Attorney General has disapproved secret ballot voting in open meetings, as well as the casting of mail ballots. (68 Ops. Cal. Atty. Gen. 65, 1985) As long as they do not use secret ballots, Boards are free to elect their officers in any way they desire. Although a majority of California school Boards rotate offices so that each Board member has the opportunity to become president (Option #1 below), it is also appropriate for the Board each year to elect those who are perceived as most able to provide the kind of leadership needed (Option #2). The following options should be revised to reflect the sequence of offices used in your district.

The Board shall each year elect its entire slate of officers.

Legal Reference:

EDUCATION CODE

5017 Term of Office

35143 Annual organizational meeting date, and notice

35145 Public meetings

GOVERNMENT CODE

54953 Meetings to be open and public; attendance

ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS

68 Ops. Cal. Atty. Gen. 65 (1985)

59 Ops. Cal. Atty. Gen. 619, 621-622 (1976)

Bylaw PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

adopted: December 11, 2000 Palos Verdes Estates, California