1220 Board Officers and Duties of Board Members
President
The position of Board President is established as required by state law and is charged under Board Policy with the following responsibilities:
Vice President
The position of Vice President is also established as required by state law. The Vice President presides at Board meetings in the absence of the president and performs all duties of the President in case of their absence or disability.
Member-at-Large
The Member-at-Large presides at Board meetings in the absence of the President and Vice President and performs all duties of the President in case of absence or disability of both the President and Vice President.
Legislative Representative
The Board President shall appoint a Legislative Representative to serve as the Board’s liaison with the Washington State School Directors’ Association General Assembly. The Legislative Representative assumes office in January in an even year for a two-year period. The Legislative Representative shall attend Washington State School Directors’ Association General Assembly, conveying local views and concerns to that body and participating in the formulation of state legislative programs. The Legislative Representative monitors proposed school legislation and informs the Board of the issues.
Duties of Individual Board Directors
The authority of individual Board Directors is limited to participating in actions taken by the Board as a whole when legally in session. Board Directors shall not assume responsibilities of administrators or other staff members. The Board or staff are not bound by actions taken or statements made by any individual Board Director except when such statement or action is pursuant to specific instructions and official action taken by the Board.
Board Directors shall perform those duties prescribed for individual Directors by Board Policies and state law. These include, but are not limited to, the following responsibilities. Each Board Director shall:
Secretary
The Superintendent is the Board Secretary and performs all duties prescribed by Board Policy and state law including, but not limited to, those responsibilities described in RCW 28A.330.050 and RCW 28A.400.030.
The Superintendent may appoint a designee as Secretary in their absence.
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