1. A quorum being present, the President, or in his/her absence, Vice-President shall take the chair, call the meeting to order and proceed to business.

2. Should both the President and Vice-President be absent at the time appointed for the meeting to convene, and should a quorum then be present, a President pro-tempore shall be elected to serve for such meeting or until either the President or Vice-President shall appear.

3. At all regular meetings the following shall be the typical order of business:

   
   Roll Call of members
   Business
   Approval of minutes
   Approval of encumbrances and activity fund transactions
   Adjournment

4. The President may speak on points of order in preference to other members and shall decide questions of order, subject, however, to an appeal to the Board by any two (2) members.

5. A motion made must be seconded and must be repeated distinctly by the President or read aloud before it is debated; and every motion shall be reduced to writing, if the President or any member shall so require.

6. Any member who shall have made a motion shall have liberty to withdraw it, with the consent of his second, before any debate has had thereon, but not after such debate has been had without leave being granted by the Board.

7. The consideration of any question may be postponed to a time fixed or the question may be suppressed altogether by an indefinite postponement.

8. A motion once voted down shall not be renewed at the same meeting without the consent of the number members required for adoption.

9. When any business is brought regularly before the Board, the consideration of the same shall not be interrupted except by motion for adjournment, to lay on the table for previous question, for postponement, for commitment for amendment.

10. A motion for adjournment shall always be in order and shall be decided without debate except that it cannot be entertained when the Board is voting on another question, or while a member is addressing the Board.

11. No member in the course of debate shall be allowed to indulge in personal reflections.

12. Every member of the Board must vote and have their action recorded on all questions needing Board approval.

13. The first person recognized by the President, as desiring to speak shall have the right to the floor.

14. The officers of the Board shall also perform such other duties as may from time to time be lawfully required of them either through the adoption of permanent rules or other lawful action of the Board.

Approved by the Board of Education, September 21, 1998
Amended December 3, 2007
Amended October 8, 2018