An orderly Board meeting allows the Board members to participate in the discussion and decision process on an issue confronting the school district. Rules of order for Board meetings allow school district business and the relative information concerning the business to be brought to the attention of the Board. They also allow the Board to discuss, act upon, and make a clear record of school district business in a regular, ordered, reasonable, and consistent manner.
It shall be the responsibility of each Board member to follow the rules of order stated in this policy at each meeting, and it shall be the responsibility of the presiding officer to conduct the Board meeting within these rules.
The Wapello Board of Directors shall follow Robert's Rule of Order, Revised, latest edition as modified by this policy and subsequent rule.
The purpose of modified rules adopted by the Board are:
Approved: 07/18/1995
Reviewed: 02/12/2004; 11/9/11; 10/14/15; 12/9/2020
Revised: 7/13/2006
The following rules of procedure have been adopted by the board at the annual organizational meeting: