The Education Code requires that the Board elect officers at its annual organizational meeting. The Board’s bylaws provide for three offices: president, vice president, and clerk.

Prior to 2015, every Board member was eligible for each office each year. In November 2015, the Board revised its board bylaws to change the way it elected its officers. Specifically, the Board created a mechanism by which board members rotate through the offices of clerk, vice president, and president.

Under the rotation policy, each year the Board elects a clerk who has not previously held Board office. Members holding office as clerk accede to vice president after one year. Members holding office as vice president accede to president after one year. Currently, per this policy, Member Dailey will become the President of the Board in January, and Member Williams will be the Vice President.

Now, Board members have asked to reconsider the rotation policy. If adopted, this revised bylaw would return to the pre-2015 practice of electing each office from among all members. The rotation system would be eliminated, and a new election would be held for all Board positions.

A Board bylaw revision becomes effective as soon as it is approved by the Board (unless otherwise provided for in the bylaw). If this revised bylaw were adopted, it would control the process for the Board office elections on tonight’s agenda.