0167.1 - VOTING

All regular and special meetings of the Board shall be conducted in public. No act shall be valid unless otherwise required by law or Board bylaw consistent with law, and a proper record made of the vote. A Board member’s presence at a meeting includes his/her presence if attending by telephone or other manner of remote access, so long as such remote access is compliant with State law. Remote access during quasi-judicial functions (e.g. termination hearings, expulsions) may be permitted after consultation with legal counsel.

The Board's meetings shall normally be held at a location within the School District boundaries at a location that may accommodate public attendance. However, the Board authorizes the Board President to determine in certain circumstances that it is necessary or appropriate to hold a regular or special Board meeting by means of remote or virtual participation in the event that emergency circumstances justify such action. The Board President and Board Clerk shall cause such meetings to be noticed accordingly and assure that such notice contains explicit instructions concerning the method or methods of remote public access to the Board meeting and may include remote Board member participation in such meetings. Any meeting held under this provision may include voting as any other Board meeting may and such votes shall not be invalid because of the remote or virtual nature of the meeting.

The Board President will assure that consideration is given to providing the broadest scope of public access to the meeting where no central location for the meeting at which the public may gather is provided. This may include multiple different technology options so that the lack of technology access for members of the public does not prevent the ability to attend. The Board president shall conduct the meeting so as to facilitate public understanding of the proceedings, including requiring members to identify themselves before speaking, and limiting instances of multiple members speaking at the same time to the extent possible.

Any Board member's decision to abstain shall be recorded and be deemed to acquiesce in the action taken by the majority. In situations in which there is a tie vote and the abstention represents the deciding vote, the motion shall fail for lack of a majority.

All actions requiring a vote may be conducted by voice, a show of hands, or roll call provided that the vote of each member be recorded. Proxy voting shall not be permitted. Any member may request that the Board be polled.

Revised 10/24/16

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