1340                              

BOARD STANDING COMMITTEES

1340

The Wake County Board of Education shall have standing committees to consider, discuss, and investigate issues that may need extensive deliberations prior to presentation to the entire Board. The purpose of standing committees is to conduct thorough deliberations and investigations of these issues and to bring to the Board the results of their deliberations with the committee’s recommendation for board action if needed.

1340.1

Creation of standing committees shall be a function of the Board. Standing committees of the Board are: finance, instructional programs, facilities, human resources, policy, community relations, and committee of the whole (includes long-range planning).

1340.2

The chair and vice chair of each standing committee and the Board members of that committee shall be named by the chair of the board at the first regular meeting in August.

1340.3

The committee chair shall preside at all committee meetings and be responsible for reporting to the Board on the activities of the committee. The committee chair shall call meetings and establish an agenda for each committee meeting that shall include any item suggested by the Superintendent, a majority of the committee members, or referred by the Board.

1340.4

The Superintendent shall perform as an ex-officio member of all committees and he/she or his/her designee shall be consulted by the chair in the establishment of the agenda. The superintendent may suggest items for a committee agenda.

1340.5

The chair of the Board shall be an ex-officio member of all committees.

1340.6

Any Board member attending a committee meeting may be appointed by the committee chair as a committee member, if such appointment is necessary to constitute a quorum.

1340.7

A standing committee chair may elect to have community members appointed to said committee following a process established by the full Board.

1340.8

The contact person for assistance for each standing committee shall be the superintendent or that specific staff member designated to serve as liaison person for that standing committee by the superintendent.

1340.9

A standing committee may only make recommendations to the Board and has no authority to act on behalf of the Board except as may be authorized in policy or specifically granted by the Board.

Legal Reference: G.S. 115C-36

Revised: September 19, 1977

Revised: January 17, 1983

Revised: October 22, 1984

Revised: October 19, 1987

Revised: November 20, 1989

Revised: June 24, 2004