San Francisco Unified School District and County Office of Education
Board Rules and Procedures 9100
Annual Organizational Meeting
This Rule and Procedure applies to the San Francisco Unified School District and the County Office of Education.
The Board of Education shall hold up to two annual organizational meetings in January of each year, as required by law. (Education Code 35143)
The Board, by 2/3 approval, may choose to nominate and elect Board Leadership in one meeting. Otherwise, it is done over two meetings with nomination at the 1st meeting and vote at the 2nd meeting. At the first annual organizational meeting the Board shall:
- Nominate a President and a Vice President from its members.
- Authorize signatures
- Designate Board representatives
- Adopt the Board rules for the year as the first agenda item of the annual meeting
If the Board does not elect a President and Vice-President by a 2/3 vote at its first annual organizational meeting, the Board shall elect a President and Vice President from its members at the second annual organizational meeting, with each serving a one year term.
The Board shall develop and adopt a schedule of regular meetings for the following school year no later than June of each year.
(cf. 9140 – Board Representatives)
(cf. 9320 – Meetings and Notices)
(cf. 9224 – Oath or Affirmation)
Legal Reference:
EDUCATION CODE
5017 Term of Office
35143 Annual organizational meeting date, and notice
35145 Public meetings
GOVERNMENT CODE
54953 Meetings to be open and public; attendance
ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS
68 Ops.Cal.Atty.Gen. 65 (1985)
59 Ops.Cal.Atty.Gen. 619, 621-622 (1976)
Please note that compare references, or “cf”, refer to CSBA model policies and do not necessarily indicate that the San Francisco Unified School District has adopted the referenced policy.