Members of the Board of Education are considered part-time and ineligible for benefits provided by the Utah Retirement Systems programs.
PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD: DUTIES Issue Date: 9/11/14 BDAB Duties Generally
The president of the Board of Education shall preside at all meetings of the Board, appoint all committees, and sign all warrants ordered by the Board to be drawn upon the business administrator for school moneys. Utah Code § 53G-4-205(1) (2018) Presiding Officer Duties as presiding officer:
1. Call the Board into session. 2. Conduct Board meetings.
a. Declare the opening of meetings b. Determine order of business according to Board policy.
c. Recognize claimants to the floor. d. Rule on admissibility of business.
i. Declare motions in or out of order. ii. Declare, subject to overriding, the propriety of the Board’s considering specific items of business. iii. Declare, subject to overriding, specific items of business in or out of the Board’s province of action. e. Within limits of Board policy, control extent of discussion. i. Declare, subject to overriding, discussion closed whenever comment becomes repetitious, dilatory, or no longer pertinent to the point at issue. ii. Declare discussion closed whenever time limits previously determined by Board action have been reached.
iii. Maintain the dignity of the Board in session. f. Apply the rules of parliamentary procedures. i. Restrain debate within bounds of good taste and courtesy.
ii. Provide equal opportunity for expression of opposing points of view. iii. Within limits of Board policy, secure the rapid handling of Board business.
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