Beliefs & Resolutions - Section 4: A Continuing Resolution

4.1—To Enable the ASBA Board of Directors to Act in the Absence of Official Delegate Assembly Guidance

WHEREAS the Bylaws of the Arkansas School Boards Association (ASBA) require approval of the Delegate Assembly prior to the Association’s taking an official position on any issue or proposed law; and

WHEREAS the Delegate Assembly of the ASBA meets only once per year; and

WHEREAS the Association needs some discretion to take official positions on issues of importance throughout the year, as those issues may arise; and

WHEREAS the Board of Directors meets throughout the year and will be able to respond more quickly than the Delegate Assembly when issues arise upon which the taking of an official position by the ASBA could serve the interests of school boards and school districts in this State;

BE IT, THEREFORE, RESOLVED that the Arkansas School Boards Association Board of Directors is granted the continuing authority by virtue of the Beliefs and Resolutions of the ASBA Delegate Assembly to approve adopting official positions on matters of interest to school boards and school districts and that such approval may be given by a simple majority vote of the ASBA Board of Directors at either a regular or special meeting or by canvassing each member of the Board.

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Section 1 – Declarations of Appreciation
Section 2 – Control and Support of Public Schools
Section 3 – General Policy Considerations
Section 4 – A Continuing Resolution

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