Mt. Pleasant Public Schools
Bylaws & Policies
 

0150 - ORGANIZATION

0151

Organizational Meeting
   
 

The Board of Education shall organize annually not earlier than January 1st immediately following an election held on a November regular election date and not later than the third Monday in January at a meeting held for that purpose. The meeting shall be called to order by the ranking officer of the preceding Board who shall serve as presiding officer until the election of a temporary chairperson, who shall in turn serve until the election of a President.
   
 

M.C.L.A. 168.302
   
 

Revised 12/97
 

Revised 6/23/08
   

0152

Officers
   
 

The Board shall elect from its members a President, Vice President, who shall be members of the Board, and a Secretary and Treasurer, who need not be members.
   
 

M.C.L.A. 380.231(1)
   
 

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

Except for those appointed to fill a vacancy, 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 twenty (20) days of the occurrence of the vacancy.
   
 

M.C.L.A. 380.11a
   
 

Revised 6/23/08
   

0154

Motions
   
 

The Board shall, at the organizational meeting:
   
 

A.

designate depositories for school funds; M.C.L.A. 380.1221
     
 

B.

designate those persons authorized to sign checks, contracts, agreements, and purchase orders;
     
 

C.

designate a day, place, and time for regular meetings which shall be held at least once every month; (8341, M.C.L.A. 380.115)
     
 

D.

designate an administrator to assume specified responsibilities of the Treasurer and of the Secretary;
     
 

E.

designate the Electronic Transfer Officer (ETO) in accordance with Policy 6144.
     
 

Revised 1/26/04
   

0155

Committees
   
 

Committees of Board members 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.
   
 

All committees shall comply with the Open Meetings Act by providing notices of each meeting, posting the time and date of each meeting, providing for a period of public participation, and recording appropriate minutes of the meeting. A committee may conduct a closed meeting providing it is for one of the purposes described in Bylaw 0167 and the committee abides by all requirements for the conduct of a closed meeting. A committee may meet in closed session to review the specific contents of an employment application provided when the applicant for employment requests that the information remains confidential. It may not, however, meet in closed session to protect an applicant's identity.
   
 

Ad hoc committees may be created and charged at any time by the President and shall serve until discharged.
   
 

The Superintendent shall serve as an ex officio member of each committee.
   
 

Committees shall consist of no more than three (3) Board members.
   
 

Revised 10/17/94