The board shall give notice of proposed policy changes or adoption of new policies by placing the item on the agenda of two regular board meetings. The proposed policy changes shall be distributed and public comment may be allowed at both board meetings prior to final board action. This notice procedure shall be required except for emergency situations. The board shall have complete discretion to determine what constitutes an emergency situation.
The final action taken to adopt the proposed policy shall be approved by a simple majority vote of the board at the next regular meeting after the meeting allowing public discussion. The policy will be effective on the latter of the date of passage or the date stated in the motion.
In the case of an emergency, a new or changed policy may be adopted by a majority vote of a quorum of the board. The emergency policy shall expire at the close of the third regular meeting following the emergency action, unless the policy adoption procedure stated above is followed and the policy is reaffirmed.
- First Adoption:
- 1982-12-16
- Revision Adoption:
- September 20, 1989/ August 10, 1997/ October 22, 2000/ March 8, 2020
- Reviewed Dates:
- June 22, 2008/ May 27, 2013