All board
members, including those who are newly elected, shall be in attendance
during the first part of the January board meeting if the January board
meeting falls on a date after the first Thursday after the first Tuesday
of January. If the regular January meeting of the board of education is
scheduled prior to the official date for the new board members to take
office, the new board members will report to the secretary of the board
of education on the first Thursday after the first Tuesday in January
and be sworn in as prescribed by law. They will commence their official
duties at the next special or regular board meeting following their assumption
of office. If the board members assume their office at the regular January
meeting then the following procedures shall prevail:
Upon completion
of the old business, the meeting shall adjourn. The new board will immediately
reconvene and take up all new business on the agenda. The first order
of business will be the induction of new board members. The oath of
office for new board members will be administered by the superintendent
of schools. The next order of business will be the election of new school
board officers. The superintendent of schools will assume the temporary
chairmanship of the new board during the election of a new president.
Upon the election of a new president he/she shall immediately assume
the chairmanship and call for the election of a vice-president from
the board's own members and the election of a secretary either from
the membership of the board or from the outside.
Each of the officers
shall serve for the term of one year or until his/her successor is elected
and qualified. If the board members are officially inducted into office
after the regular January board meeting, the reorganization of the board
and the election of new school board officers will be held at the next
regular or special meeting of the board of education. The same general
procedure as outlined above will be followed with the exception of the
completion of old business. (State Laws, Sec. 79~803).
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