FILE:  BCBH

Cf:  ABE, BBA

 

MINUTES OF SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS

 

 

The Rapides Parish School Board shall require written minutes of all of its open meetings be kept.  Such minutes shall include:

 

  1. The date, time, and place of the meeting.

  2. The members of the public body recorded as either present or absent.

  3. The substance of all matters decided, and, at the request of any member, a record, by individual member, of any votes taken.

  4. Any other information that is authorized by the majority vote of the School Board as provided by the Open Meetings Law be included or reflected in the minutes.

 

The Superintendent shall be responsible for keeping all minutes of the School Board in a book provided for that purpose and, within twenty (20) days after the meeting, present them to be published one (1) time in the official journal of the School Board.  The official copy of School Board minutes shall be signed by the President of the School Board and the Superintendent, as Secretary.

 

The School Board shall post on its website a copy of the School Board minutes made available for publication and shall maintain a copy of those minutes on its website for at least three (3) months after the posting.  The School Board shall post the minutes on its website within ten (10) days after publication in the official journal.

 

The minutes shall be public records, maintained in the School Board's administrative office, and shall be made available within a reasonable time after the meeting except where such disclosures would be inconsistent with statutory provisions.

 

OFFICIAL JOURNAL

 

The School Board shall select a newspaper of the parish as the official journal of the School Board to publish all official minutes of School Board meetings, as well as all other legal advertising.  The official journal shall be selected annually and meet all qualifications as outlined in state law and any others the School Board may prescribe.

 

Revised:  August, 2010

Revised:  May, 2011

Revised:  September, 2014

 

 

Ref:    La. Rev. Stat. Ann. ยงยง14:132, 17:81, 17:91, 42:12, 42:13, 42:20, 42:23, 43:141, 43:142, 43:144, 43:145,

Board minutes, 10-5-10, 7-5-11, 12-2-14

 

Rapides Parish School Board