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DUTIES OF BOARD MEMBERS
The members of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board shall have authority only when acting as a School Board legally in session. The School Board shall not be bound in any way by any action or statement on the part of any individual School Board member except when such statement or action is in pursuance of specific instructions from the School Board.
No School Board member, by virtue of his or her office, shall exercise any administrative responsibility with respect to the schools or as an individual command the services of any school employee.
The duties and obligations of an individual School Board member may be enumerated as follows:
To familiarize himself/herself with school law, regulations
of the Louisiana Department of Education, School Board policies and
administrative regulations and procedures;
To have a general knowledge
of educational philosophy, aims and objectives of the system;
To work harmoniously with
other Board members without trying to either dominate the School Board
or neglect his or her share of the work;
To vote and act in the School
Board meetings impartially for the good of the whole school district,
not just a particular school district;
To accept the will of the
majority vote in all cases and give wholehearted support to the resulting
policy;
To represent the School Board
and the school system to the public in such a way as to promote both
interest and support;
To refer complaints to the
proper school authorities and to abstain from individual counsel and
action; and
To act ethically in all matters at all times thereby representing the school district to the best of one's ability.
East Baton Rouge Parish School Board