It shall be the responsibility of each board member to follow the rules of order stated in this policy at each meeting, and it shall be the responsibility of the presiding officer to conduct the board meeting within these rules.
As a general guide the Grand Island Public Schools Board of Education shall follow Roberts’ Rules of Order, Revised latest edition, as modified by this policy and subsequent rule.
The purposes of modified rules adopted by the board are:
- To establish guidelines by which the business of the governing board can be conducted in a regular and internally consistent manner:
- To organize the meetings so all necessary matters can be brought to the board and decisions of the board can be made in an orderly and reasonable manner;
- To ensure members of the board, concentrating on the substantive issues at hand have the necessary information to make decisions, and to ensure adequate discussion of decisions to be made; and,
- To ensure meetings and actions of the board are conducted to be informative to the staff and the public, and to produce a clear record of actions taken and decisions made.
- The Rules of Order are generally followed to produce efficient productive meetings and are not intended as a technicality for overturning the work of the board.
Legal Reference:
Neb. Statute
84-1408 to 1414
79-570,571
Policy Adopted 3/1/76
Policy Revised 7/8/91
Policy Revised: 7.10.2014
Policy Revised: 08.12.2021
