FILE: BCBD
AGENDA PREPARATION AND DISSEMINATION
The Bogalusa City School Board shall direct the Superintendent to prepare, or cause to be prepared, an agenda for all regular and special School Board meetings. Items of business may be suggested by School Board members, administrative staff, and employees of the school district for inclusion on the agenda. Agenda items may be submitted no later than 4:00 p.m. on the Wednesday preceding the Monday on which the meeting is scheduled. The regular meeting agenda shall then be formatted by the Superintendent, reviewed by the President, and mailed with pertinent meeting materials and supporting data to the School Board members on Thursday preceding the Monday School Board meeting. The agenda shall not be changed less than twenty-four (24) hours, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, prior to the scheduled time of the meeting.
Each item on the agenda shall be listed separately and described with reasonable specificity. Before the School Board may take any action on the agenda item, the presiding officer shall read aloud the description of the item.
A request to be considered for a place on the agenda of any items or by any group or individual other than a School Board member, administrator or employee shall be filed in writing with the Superintendent no later than five (5) working days preceding the next scheduled School Board meeting. Any material to be used must be submitted at the time of the request.
No School Board member shall be denied the right to have an item placed on the published agenda of a School Board meeting. Except for announcements, requests for expressions of praise, commendations, sympathy, and the setting of dates and times for meetings, an item of business not on the agenda may not be suggested from the floor for discussion except upon unanimous approval of the members present at a meeting. The motion to add an item not on the agenda shall identify the item with reasonable specificity, including the purpose for the proposed addition to the agenda, and shall be entered into the minutes. In keeping with state law and School Board policy, prior to any vote to add an item to the agenda, there shall be an opportunity for public comment on the motion.
The employment of principals and central office administrative staff and secretaries shall be listed on the agenda and voted on as an individual line item.
Generally, the order of business shall be as follows:
Call to order
Roll call
Prayer and Pledge of Allegiance
Consideration of minutes of previous meetings
Reports of officers and committees
Old business
New business
Public session
School Board session
Next School Board meeting date.
Adjournment
Revised: June, 2007
Revised: September, 2008
Revised: March 19, 2013
Revised: September, 2014
Ref: La. Rev. Stat. Ann. ยง42:19
Jackson v. Assumption Parish School Board, App. 1 Cir. 1995, 652 So2d 549, 1994-0901 (La. App. 1 Circ. 3/3/95)
Board minutes, 7-17-06, 8-27-09, 3-19-13, 1-29-15
Bogalusa City School Board