FILE: BCBG
VOTING METHOD AT BOARD MEETINGS
An affirmative vote of a simple majority of the members present and voting shall be necessary for the passage of any motion, except in such instances as the law or other policies of the Iberia Parish School Board may require a larger vote. Every member present, including the President, shall be entitled to one vote.
All voting shall be by voice, by show of hands, or by electronic device unless determined otherwise beforehand; a roll call vote may be requested by any member and/or ordered by the President, with the vote of each member recorded in the minutes. On voice votes, the name of each voting nay shall be recorded in the minutes upon his/her request. On roll call votes, the name of each member and his/her vote, whether yea or nay, to abstain or to recuse himself/herself, shall be recorded in the minutes. Roll call votes conducted by written ballot shall be destroyed once the minutes are published.
A member of the Board may abstain from voting on an issue before the Board, whereby his/her vote shall be counted neither for nor against the issue voted upon. In such cases the Board member shall state that he/she abstains from voting and the minutes shall reflect the member's abstention.
There shall be no representation by proxy by any member at any meeting of the Board, including committee meetings. Board members present at Board meetings and all committee members present at committee meetings are authorized to speak on issues, offer and second motions, and vote.
Reconsideration of actions shall be according to Robert's Rules of Order, Revised. No motion made and disposed of without being adopted may come before the Board until a forty-five (45) day waiting period has elapsed from the date the action was taken, unless, at that meeting or at the regular session immediately following the meeting wherein the vote was taken, a member of the prevailing side offers a motion to reconsider.
No action shall be taken by the Board except as taken above at a properly called regular or special meeting.
Ref: La. Rev. Stat. Ann. ยงยง17:81, 18:602, 42:14, 42:1120
Iberia Parish School Board