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B . School Board Governance and Operations

The School Board - how it is elected; how it is organized; how it conducts meetings, and how the board operates. This section includes policies establishing the board's internal operating procedures.

BBAA - School Board Powers and Responsibilities

SCHOOL BOARD POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES The School Board shall have general charge of all the p...

BBAB - Student School Board Representative

The Cape Elizabeth School Board recognizes the impact that its decisions have on the students who...

BBAB-R - STUDENT SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATIVE POLICY GUIDELINES

Selection Process: The following procedure shall be used in the selection and participation of s...

BCA - SCHOOL BOARD CODE OF ETHICS

I will abide by the following code of ethics during my term as a Cape Elizabeth School Board Memb...

BCB - BOARD MEMBER CONFLICT OF INTEREST

Board Service is a matter of public trust. In making decisions that affect the Cape Elizabeth Sch...

BCC - NEPOTISM

It is the intent of this policy to ensure that employment practices comply with Maine’s “prohibit...

BDB - BOARD OFFICERS

Duties of the Chair The Chair shall preside at all meetings of the Board and shall perform other...

BDC - BOARD APPOINTMENTS

The School Board may be asked to provide member representation on various school, district or reg...

BDD - BOARD-SUPERINTENDENT RELATIONSHIP

The Board believes that exercising its legislative function through policymaking is its most impo...

BDE - BOARD STANDING COMMITTEES

The Board believes that standing committees can be useful to its decision-making process and in t...

BDE-R - STANDING COMMITTEE OPERATING PROCEDURES

STANDING COMMITTEE OPERATING PROCEDURES A. Each standing committee shall meet at the call of i...

BDF - BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEES

The Board may establish advisory committees to perform specific functions. Advisory committees ma...

BE - SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS

All Board meetings will be announced publicly in accordance with this policy and applicable law. ...

BEA - SCHOOL BOARD USE OF ELECTRONIC MAIL and OTHER ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

Use of electronic mail (e-mail) and other electronic communications (including but not limited to...

BEC - EXECUTIVE SESSIONS

All meetings of the School Board shall be open to the public, except as provided by law. The Boar...

BEC- E - EXECUTIVE SESSION LAW

To Enter Executive Session, the Board Must: Start with a public meeting. Ha...

BED - REMOTE PARTICIPATION IN SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS

The Cape Elizabeth School Board allows members of the Board to participate in a public meeting of...

BEDB - AGENDA

Agenda Preparation and Dissemination The Superintendent, in consultation with the Chair, shall p...

BEDBA - AGENDA FORMAT

In order to provide reasonable notice of the business to be conducted and to achieve consistency ...

BEDD - RULES OF ORDER

Except as otherwise provided by law, by Maine Department of Education regulations, or by Board po...

BEDF - VOTING METHOD AND QUORUM

Voting shall ordinarily be by show of hands. Voting shall be done by roll call at the direction o...

BEDG - MINUTES

The Superintendent, functioning as Board Secretary, shall keep, or cause to be kept, complete rec...

BEDH - PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AT BOARD MEETINGS

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AT BOARD MEETINGS Regular, special and emergency meetings of the Board ar...

BG - SCHOOL BOARD POLICIES

The development, adoption and review of policies that govern the school district is one of the Sc...

BEDJ - BROADCASTING, TAPING, RECORDING of SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS

Members of the public may use their cell phones or other electronic devices to record Board meeti...

BG-R - POLICY ADOPTION AND AMENDMENT PROCEDURES

The procedure for proposing the adoption, review, revision or deletion of a school board policy s...

BHC - BOARD RELATIONSHIPS AND COMMUNICATIONS WITH STAFF

A clear understanding of responsibilities and relationships between and among the Board and schoo...

BIA - NEW BOARD MEMBER ORIENTATION

In order that newly elected Board members may cast informed votes and function effectively as boa...

BIB - BOARD MEMBER DEVELOPMENT

Recognizing the value of continuous and life-long learning, the School Board places a high priori...