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SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS
The Beauregard Parish School Board has the authority to hold as many School Board meetings per month as the School Board deems necessary. The School Board shall conduct at least one (1) regularly scheduled meeting per month, with the time, date, and place to be published at the beginning of the calendar year. All regular meetings of the School Board shall be held the second Thursday of each month at 6:00 p.m. in the School Board office, 202 W. Third Street, DeRidder, Louisiana. From time to time, as circumstances may dictate, the time, the date, and the place for regular meetings may be changed by the School Board.
At any regular or special meeting of the School Board, no business may be transacted which does not come within the purpose or purposes set forth in the agenda for the meeting, except upon unanimous approval of the members of the School Board present at that 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 public and news media shall be informed of the dates of all regular and special meetings.
All meetings shall be open to the public except meetings that meet the criteria described in Louisiana law for being closed meetings.
Official actions or decisions shall be made only in official meetings of the School Board. No member of the School Board or any committee of the School Board shall have the power to act in the name of the School Board outside of official School Board meetings unless so designated by a majority of the School Board duly convened.
SPECIAL MEETINGS
Special meetings may be called in writing by the President or the Vice-President in the absence of the President or a majority of the entire School Board at a time and place designated by the person calling the meeting. Such written requests shall state the detailed purpose for the meeting. Notice of the time and purpose for a special meeting shall be given each School Board member not less than two (2) days in advance of such a meeting, except that in the case of an extraordinary emergency, notice shall be given as appropriate under the circumstances.
QUORUM
A quorum for the transaction of official business shall consist of a simple majority of the total membership of the School Board. When a quorum of the School Board has convened and neither the President nor the Vice-President is present, the members shall elect one of their number to serve as the chairperson for that meeting.
Official meetings of the School Board may only be held when a quorum is present.
Revised: October 9, 2008
Revised: August 9, 2018
Ref: La. Rev. Stat. Ann. ยงยง17:81, 42:12, 42:13, 42:14, 42:15, 42:16, 42:17, 42:19, 42:20, 42:24, 42:25
Board minutes, 10-9-08, 8-9-18
Beauregard Parish School Board