Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 1048 – Regular and special meetings; quorum; roll call vote
(a) Regular meetings of the school board shall be held each month during the year at the regular meeting place designated by the school board.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 1048
- Executive session: A portion of the Senate's daily session in which it considers executive business.
- Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
- Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
- School board: as used in this subchapter means the board of education of a school district which is constituted and established under this chapter whether by reorganization, consolidation or division. See Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 1041
- Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) Special meetings of the school board may be held whenever the duties and business of the school board may require.
(c) No business shall be transacted at any meeting of the school board without a quorum, such quorum to consist of a majority of the members of the board. No motion or resolution shall be declared adopted without the concurrence of a majority of the whole school board.
(d) A roll call vote of all board members on every motion or resolution shall be recorded as part of the minutes of such meetings and shall be considered a matter of public record except when the presiding officer determines and announces a unanimous vote on any issue which vote shall then be so recorded and considered a matter of public record.
(e) School board meetings must include time for public comment on agenda items that are subject to a vote. Public comment on agenda items must take place before a school board vote on agenda items. The school board may impose reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions on the length of the public comment period and the amount of time allotted for each public comment. For purposes of this subsection, “Agenda items” means major issues expected to be discussed at a public meeting, and excludes procedural items such as votes to approve minutes or enter into executive session.
14 Del. C. 1953, § ?1048; 56 Del. Laws, c. 292, § ?6; 59 Del. Laws, c. 91, § ?1; 73 Del. Laws, c. 262, § ?1; 84 Del. Laws, c. 14, § 1;