FILE:  BCBD

AGENDAS AND ACTION ITEMS
The Superintendent shall prepare all agendas for regular, special, and work session meetings of the Board and review them with the Board President prior to their being printed.

Items of business may be suggested by any Board member, staff member, or citizen of the district. Inclusion of items shall be at the discretion of the Superintendent, upon the advice of the Committee-of-the-Whole.

Each planned recommendation proposed for adoption or other action by the Board shall be reduced to writing and submitted to the members of the Board prior to the work session along with the agenda and other meeting materials. Each recommendation shall be a separate document and shall be supported by such documentation, analysis, and background information (including budgets and funding sources) as the Board deems necessary for proper and informed action.

The agenda and meeting packet shall be delivered to Board members on Fridays preceding the work session and the regular meeting. In order to accommodate the delivery, all items proposed for the agenda and all communications to be included in the meeting packets, shall be in the hands of the Superintendent by the Wednesday noon preceding the Board work session.

Copies of the work session agenda shall be sent to all administrators and bargaining unit presidents and shall be posted on school bulletin boards prior to the work session meeting. In this manner, the school community shall be informed about possible future actions of the Board and have an opportunity to make their interests and concerns known to the Board at the work session.

So that citizens shall have an opportunity to voice their opinions, the agenda shall allow suitable time for comments, proposals, and inquiries from the audience. A citizen shall also be permitted to request the scheduling of items on the agenda (see statement coded BCBI).

Copies of the agenda shall be provided for visitors at meetings of the Board.

LEGAL REFERENCE: MCL 15.263
REVISED: 4-12-94
 

The Benton Harbor Area Schools, Berrien County, Michigan