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BOARD COMMITTEES

The St. Martin Parish School Board shall authorize the creation of standing Board committees, to be charged with deliberations of certain issues as deemed necessary. Such committees shall be composed of members of the Board whose chairperson shall be appointed by the President.  He/she shall also appoint one member of each committee to serve as its chairman.  The Board President shall be an ex-officio member of all standing committees.

The School Board has created the following standing committees:

            Finance                                 

            Insurance

            Education      

            Maintenance

Standing committees of the Board shall be scheduled periodically, provided that the President, Superintendent, or committee chairpersons have the authority to call special meetings should the need arise.  Whenever possible, announcements of committee meetings will be made at meetings of the Board, and the time and place of meetings incorporated into the minutes for purposes of public announcements.

Committees shall have deliberative and recommending powers only, unless the Board by formal action grants the committee the right and responsibility to act on certain specified matters.  A committee shall consider only those items referred to it by the President of the Board, by the Superintendent, or by formal Board action.

Other special committees may from time to time be appointed by the Board to study specific issues.  The membership of any special committees need not be restricted to members of the Board, but shall include such persons who may have knowledge or interest in the subject studied.

COMMITTEE MEETINGS

The agenda, time and date of committee meetings shall be tentatively set by the committee chairperson, pending discussion with and approval by both the Superintendent and Board President of any proposed agenda items and meeting date.  Once approved, the committee chairperson shall be notified prior to notification of other members.

All committee meetings shall be open to the public, except in those instances allowed as provided by state law.  A majority of the committee membership shall constitute a quorum for purposes of making recommendations or taking any action that has been previously authorized.

Ref:     La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §17:55

St. Martin Parish School Board