All meetings of the School Board of Delaware Community School Corporation shall comply with Indiana statutes, including notice and final actions in accordance with the Open Door Law.
Regular Board Meetings
In January, the regular Board meeting will occur immediately following the organizational meeting.
The time, location, and schedule of regular meetings of the Board will be established annually during the organizational meeting of the Board. The Board President and Superintendent can reschedule, add, or cancel a meeting; Board Policy B150 requires a minimum of one Board meeting per month
3 members of the Board shall compose a quorum.
All Board meetings are open to the public except when the Board is in executive session, as provided under Indiana law. Effective July 1, 2025, Board meetings will be streamed live on the school corporation’s website and an archive of copies of the live stream with links to any meeting agendas, minutes, and/or memoranda; the archive will be maintained for at least 90 days.
Board members are required to be physically present to attend and vote at a meeting of the Board. The requirements regarding physical attendance of School Board members do not apply to meetings held during a declared disaster emergency or local disaster emergency.
Electronic Participation and Voting
If a disaster emergency is in effect for all or part of the area within the School Board's jurisdiction, the members of the School Board are not required to be physically present at a meeting:
(1) if meeting in person would present an imminent risk to the health or safety of the members of the public and the School Board who attend the meeting because of the particular danger, threat, or emergency conditions that are the basis for the declaration of the disaster emergency;
and (2) one (1) or more schools within the jurisdiction of the School Board are closed at the time of the meeting because of the particular danger, threat, or emergency conditions that are the basis for the declaration of the disaster emergency.
Executive Session
The School Board reserves the right as permitted by and within the constraints of state law to sit in executive session. Such sessions are called by the President or Superintendent for discussion only and final action must be taken at a meeting open to the public.
Executive sessions shall be closed to the public. In keeping with the confidential nature of executive sessions, no member of the Board shall disclose the content of discussions that take place during such sessions. Indiana’s Access to Public Records Act prescribes criminal penalties for the disclosure of information classified as confidential by state statute, which includes executive session records or information derived from such records.
The Superintendent shall attend all executive sessions except those which pertain to his or her contract or when mutually agreed upon. The Board or Superintendent may invite staff members or others to attend such sessions.
Special Board Meetings
The Board president or Superintendent may call a special Board meeting between regular Board meetings pursuant to notices required by law.
All Special meetings shall be open to the public, and no action shall be taken on items other than those related to the agenda and purpose of the meeting.
I.C. 20-26-4-3
I.C. 5-14-1.5-1 et. seq. – Open Door Law
I.C. 5-14-1.5-3.5
I.C. 5-14-1.5-3.7
Delaware Community School Corporation
Adopted: 4/18/2022
Revised: 7/18/2022
8/07/2023