BEDB Agenda Format

AGENDA FORMAT

The Superintendent, conferring with the Chair of the School Committee, will arrange the order of items on meetings agendas so that the Committee can accomplish its business as expeditiously as pos­sible. The particular order may vary from meeting to meeting in keeping with the business at hand.

The Committee will follow the order of business established by the agenda except as it votes to rearrange the order for the convenience of visitors, individuals appearing before the Committee, or to expedite Committee business.

Any School Committee member or citizen may suggest items of business by contacting a member of the School Committee or by writing to the Superintendent. The inclusion of such items, however, will be at the discretion of the Chair of the Committee. A staff member who wishes to have a topic scheduled on the agenda should submit the request through the Superintendent.

The agenda will also provide for time when any citizen who wishes may speak briefly before the School Committee.

The agenda, together with supporting materials wherever reasonably feasible, will be distributed to School Committee members three days prior to the meeting to permit adequate time to prepare for the meeting.

Agendas will be posted online, together with supporting materials, and made available to the press.

SOURCE: MASC July 2016

CROSS REFS: BEDH, Public Comment at School Committee Meetings

LEGAL REFS: M.G.L. c.30A: 18-25

School Committee Approval: July 23, 2018