The Board shall keep and maintain permanent records of the Board including, but not limited to, records of the minutes of board meetings and other required records received by the Board.

It shall be the responsibility of the board secretary to keep the minutes of the school board meetings.  The minutes of each meeting shall include as a minimum the following items:  a record of date, time, place, members present, action taken and the vote of each member with the schedule of bills allowed attached.  The schedule of bills allowed may be published on a once monthly basis in lieu of publication with the minutes.  This information shall be furnished within two (2) weeks of the meeting, to be published in a newspaper designated as a newspaper for official publication.  The permanent records of the board minutes may include more detail than is required for the publication of the minutes.

Minutes waiting approval at the next board meeting will be available for inspection at the office of the superintendent after the board secretary transcribes the notes into typewritten material which has been proofread for errors and retyped.

 

 

Legal Reference:  Iowa Code Chapters 21 and 22, §§279.8, .35, .36, 291.6 (1991)
                                       1974 Op. Att’y Gen. 403
                                       1988 Op. Att’y Gen. 87-3-6
                                       281 Iowa Admin. Code 12.3(1)

Cross Reference:  213        Closed Meetings of the Board of Directors
                                       1003      Duplicated or Printed Materials

Approved:  2-10-92              
Reviewed:  10-09-23            
Revised:             

 

Since the official minutes of the board are the only basic legal record, it is important that they be recorded with extreme care and completeness.  The board secretary will follow the following guidelines in writing board minutes:

With respect to content, the minutes should show the following:

1.           The place, date, and time of each meeting.

2.           The type of meeting – regular, special, emergency, work session.

3.           Members present and members absent, by name.

4.           The call to order and adjournment.

5.           The departure of members by name before adjournment.

6.           The late arrival of members, by name.

7.           The time and place of the next meeting.

8.           Approval, or amendment and approval, of the minutes of the preceding meeting.

9.           Complete information as to each subject of the board’s deliberation and the action taken.

10.         The maker and seconded of the motion, what action was taken, and the vote on the motion detailed enough to attribute a vote to each member present.

11.         Complete text of all board resolutions, numbered consecutively for each fiscal year.

12.         A record of all contracts entered into, with the contract documents kept in a separate file.

13.         A record of all change orders on construction contracts.

14.         All employment changes, including resignations or terminations.

15.         A record, by number, of the bills of account approved by the board for payment.

16.         A record of all calls for bids, bids received, and action taken thereon.

17.         Approval of all transfers of funds from one budgetary fund to another.

18.         Important documents forming a part of a motion should be made a part of the minutes by exhibit and placed in the minute book with the minutes.

19.         Board policy and administrative guides should be made a part of the minutes by exhibit.

20.         Adoption of textbooks and establishment of bus routes by the board for the school year as well as the school calendar should become part of the minutes.

21.         Approval or disapproval of open enrollment requests with justification for disapproval or approval after the deadline.

22.         A record of all delegations appearing before the board and a record of all petitions.

23.         At the annual meeting in July each year the record should indicate that the books of the treasurer and secretary and the Certified Annual Report have been examined and approved subject to audit.

24.         The election or appointment of board officers.

25.         The appointment of auditors to examine the books.

 

At the organizational meeting in September, the minutes should reflect the following:

 

26.         Appointment of a temporary chairperson if not specified by policy.

27.         Oath of office administered to newly elected board members.

28.         Nominations taken for the office of president and vice-president.

29.         Election of the president and vice-president, the votes and the oath of office administered to the president and vice-president.

30.         The resolution to pay bills when the board is not in session.

31.         A resolution to automatically disburse payroll along with a roster of all employees under contract.

32.         A resolution naming depositories along with the maximum deposit for each depository.

33.         Resolution authorizing the use of a check protector a signer and the proper control of the signer.

34.         Motion designating a member or a committee to examine the bills of account for a designated period of time on a rotation basis if desired for the balance of the school year.

35.         Voting rotation when a roll call vote is used if so desired by the board.

 

 

Approved:  2-10-03              
Reviewed:  9-11-23              
Revised: