§ 6-13-619 - Meetings. - Arkansas Statutes

6-13-619. Meetings.

(a) (1) The board of directors shall hold regular monthly meetings during the school term and shall meet on call of the president or secretary or any three (3) members of the board of directors or when petitioned to do so by a petition in writing signed by fifty (50) electors in the school district.

(2) Regular meetings of the school board of directors and all school board committees, and special meetings of the school board of directors and school board committees that deal with personnel or personnel policies, shall, except in emergency situations, be held after 5:00 p.m.

(3) (A) Not less than ten (10) days prior to the date of a regular meeting of its board of directors, a public school district shall publish on the public school district's website a notice of the date, time, and place of the meeting.

(B) Not less than twenty-four (24) hours prior to a rescheduled regular meeting, a public school district shall publish a notice on its website of the change in the date, time, or place of the regular meeting.

(b) (1) Minutes of regular and special meetings of the school board of directors shall be kept by the secretary of the board of directors and filed by him or her in a permanent record.

(2) This record shall also contain a copy of all budgets of the school district and all reports of the county treasurer on the financial affairs of the school district.

(c) (1) (A) A majority of a quorum voting affirmatively shall be required for the passage of any motion or resolution.

(B) Any member who abstains from voting shall be counted as having voted against the motion or resolution.

(C) If a member announces a conflict of interest with regard to the issue, the member may leave the meeting until the voting on the issue is concluded, and the member who abstains from voting thereby shall not be counted as having voted.

(2) For the purposes of this section, a quorum shall be a majority of the membership of the board of directors.

(d) (1) Any member of the board of directors who misses three (3) regular and consecutive board of directors meetings during a school year for any reason other than military service of the member or illness of the member verified by a written sworn statement of the member's attending physician may be removed from office by a majority vote of the remaining board members, but only after an opportunity for a hearing before the board of directors upon fifteen (15) days notice received by personal delivery or by certified mail with the return receipt signed by the addressee only requested.

(2) If the board of directors takes action to remove the member from office, the remaining members shall then appoint another individual to serve until the next annual school election, when electors shall select in the usual manner a director to serve the unexpired term of the removed member.