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Taft School District 90 Board Meeting
Dates are scheduled for the third Wednesday of each month at
7:00 p.m.
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Public
Participation at Board Meetings
Board of Education Policy 2:230
Public Participation at Board of Education Meetings and Petitions to the Board
At each regular and special open meeting, the members of the public and District employees may comment on or ask question of the Board, subject to reasonable constraints.
The individuals appearing before the Board are expected to follow these guidelines:
1. Address the Board only at the appropriate time as indicated on the agenda and when recognized by the Board President.
2. Identify him or herself and be brief. Ordinarily, such comments shall be limited to 5 minutes. In unusual circumstances, and when the person has given advance notice of the need to speak for a longer period of time, such person may be allowed to speak for more than 5 minutes at the discretion of the Board President.
3. The Board President may shorten or lengthen a person's opportunity to speak. The President may also deny the opportunity to speak to a person who has previously addressed the Board on the same subject within the past 2 months.
4. The Board President shall have the authority to determine procedural matters regarding public participation not otherwise defined in Board of Education policy.
Petitions or written correspondence to the Board shall be presented to the Board of Education at the next regularly scheduled Board meeting.
LEGAL REF.: 105 ILCS 5/10-6 & 5/10-16.
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Excerpts from Board of Education Policy 2:220
Board of Education Meeting Procedure
Agenda: The agenda for Board of Education meetings shall be prepared by the Superintendent in consultation with the Board President.
--Items submitted by Board of Education members to the Superintendent or the President shall be placed on the agenda. District residents may suggest inclusions on the agenda. Such suggestions must be received by the Superintendent at least one week before the Board of Education meeting.
--Items may be added to the agenda at the beginning of a regular meeting upon unanimous approval of those Board members present.
--The Superintendent shall provide a copy of the agenda, with adequate data and background information, to each Board of Education member at least 48 hours before each meeting, except a meeting held in the event of an emergency.
--The order of business at regular Board of Education meetings shall be determined by the Board President.
--Upon consent of a majority of members present, the order of business at any meeting may be changed.
Minutes: The Secretary shall keep written minutes of all Board of Education meetings, which shall be signed by the President and the Secretary.
The minutes include:
1. The date, time and place of the meeting;
2. Board of Education members recorded as either present or absent;
3. A summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and a record of any votes taken;
4. On all matters requiring a roll call vote, the "yeas" and the "nays" shall be recorded;
5. If the meeting is adjourned to another date, the time and place of the adjourned meeting;
6. The vote of each member present when a vote is taken to hold a closed meeting or portion of a meeting and the reason for the closed meeting;
7. A recording of all motions, the member making the motion and the second;
8. The type of meeting, including any notices and, if a reconvened meeting, the original meeting's date; and
9. Need to record and archive corrected minutes.
The minutes are submitted to the Board of Education at the next Board meeting for approval or modification. The Board of Education's minutes must be submitted to the Board's Treasurer on the first Monday of April and October, and at other times as the Treasurer may require. The official minutes are in the custody of the Secretary. Minutes of open meetings are available for inspection during regular office hours within 7 days after the Board's approval, in the office of the Superintendent, in the presence of the Secretary, the Superintendent, or any member of the Board of Education. Minutes of closed meetings are likewise available if the Board of Education determines that it is no longer necessary to protect the public interest or the privacy of an individual by keeping them confidential. Only official minutes are available. The official record shall not be removed from the Superintendent's office except by vote of the Board of Education or by court order.
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Excerpts from Board of Education Policy 2:200
TYPES OF BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETINGS
General
For all meetings of the Board of Education and its committees, the Superintendent or designee shall satisfy all notice and posting requirements contained herein, as well as the Open Meetings Act. This shall include mailing meeting notifications to news media that have officially requested them, and to others as approved by the Board of Education. Unless otherwise specified, all meetings are held in the District administrative offices. Board members may attend meetings via a telephone conference call and speaker telephone whenever personal attendance would be difficult or impossible.
Regular Meetings
The Board of Education shall hold its regular meetings at times and on dates designated on a calendar adopted at the organizational meeting in November.
Meeting dates may be changed with 10 days' notice in accordance with State law. A meeting agenda shall be posted at the District administrative office and the Board meeting room, or other location where the meeting is to be held, at least 48 hours before the meeting. Items not specifically on the agenda may still be considered during the meeting.
Closed Meetings
The Board of Education and Board of Education committees may meet in a closed meeting to consider the following subjects:
1. The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee to determine its validity. 5ILCS 12/2(c)(1).
2. Collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2).
3. The selection of a person to fill a public office, as defined in the Act, including a vacancy in a public office, when the public body is given power to appoint under law or ordinance, or the discipline, performance or removal of the occupant of a public office, when the public body is given power to remove the occupant under law or ordinance. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(4).
4. Evidence or testimony presented in open hearing, or in closed hearing where specifically authorized by law, to a quasi-adjudicative body, as defined in this Act, provided that the body prepares and makes available for public inspection a written decision setting forth its determinative reasoning. 5ILCS 120/2(c)(4).
5.The purchase or lease of real property for the use of the public body, including meetings held for the purpose of discussing whether a particular parcel should be acquired. 5 ILCS12/2(c)(5).
6. The setting of a price for sale or lease of property owned by the public body. 5ILCS120/2(c)(6).
7. The sale or purchase of securities, investments, or investment contracts. 5ILCS120/2(c)(7).
8. Emergency security procedures and the use of personnel and equipment to respond to actual danger to the safety of employees, students, staff or public property, provided that a description of the actual danger shall be made apart of the motion to close the meeting. 5ILCS120/2(c)(8).
9. Student disciplinary cases. 5ILCS120/2(c)(9).
10. The placement of individual students in special education programs and other matters relating to individual students. 5ILCS120/2(c)(10).
11. Litigation, when an action against, affecting or on behalf of the particular public body has been filed and is pending before a court or administrative tribunal, or when the public body finds that an action is probable or imminent, in which case the basis for the finding shall be recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed meeting. 5ILCS120/120/2(c)(11).
12. The establishment of reserves or settlement of claims as provided in the Local Government and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act, if otherwise the disposition of a claim or potential claim might be prejudiced, or the review or discussion of claims, loss or risk management information, records, data, advice or communications from or with respect to any insurer of the public body or any intergovernmental risk management association or self insurance pool of which the public body is a member. 5ILCS120/2(c)(12).
13. Self evaluation, practices and procedure, or professional ethics, when meeting with a representative of a statewide association of which the public body is a member. 5ILCS120/2(c)(16).
14. Discussion of minutes of meetings lawfully closed under this Act, whether for purposes of approval by the body of the minutes or semi-annual review of the minutes as mandated by Section 2.06.5 ILCS 120/2(c)(21).
The Board may hold a closed meeting, or close a portion of a meeting, by a majority vote of a quorum, taken at an open meeting. The vote of each Board of Education member present, and the reason for the closed meeting, shall be publicly disclosed at the time of the meeting and clearly stated in the motion and the meeting minutes. A single motion calling for a series of closed meetings may be adopted by a Board of Education quorum when such meetings will involve the same particular matters and are scheduled to be held within 3 months of the vote. No final Board of Education action shall be taken at a closed meeting.
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Reconvened or Reschedule Meetings
A meeting may be rescheduled or reconvened. Public notice of a rescheduled or reconvened meeting shall be given in the same manner as that for a special meeting, except that no public notice is required when the original meeting is open to the public and (1) is to be reconvened within 24 hours, or (2) an announcement of the time and place of the reconvened meeting was made at the original meeting and there is no change in the agenda.
Special Meetings
Special meetings may be called by the President or by any 3 members of the Board of Education by giving notice thereof, in writing, stating the time, place, and purpose of the meeting to remaining Board members by mail at least 48 hours before the meeting, or by personal service at least 24 hours before the meeting.
Public notice of a special meeting is given by posting a notice at the District's administration office at least 48 hours before the meeting and by notifying the news media which have filed a written request for notice. A meeting agenda shall accompany the notice.
No matters shall be discussed, considered, or brought before the Board of Education at any special meeting other than such matters as were included in the stated purpose of the meeting.
Emergency Meetings
Notice of emergency meetings shall be given as soon as practicable to news media which have filed a written request for notice.
LEGAL REF.: 5 ILCS 120/1 et seq.
105 ILCS 5/10-6 and 5/10-16.
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