BCA-E1

File: BCA-E1 (pdf)
Adopted:  March 9, 2010

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CODE OF ETHICS FOR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS

As a member of my local board of education, I will strive to improve public education and to that end I will:

• Attend all regularly scheduled board meetings insofar as possible and become informed concerning the issues to be considered at those meetings.
• Recognize that I should endeavor to make policy decisions only after full discussion at publicly held board meetings.
• Render all decisions based on the available facts and my independent judgment and refuse to surrender that judgment to individuals or special interest groups.
• Encourage the free expression of opinion by all board members and seek systematic communications between the board and students, staff and all elements of the community.
• Work with other board members to establish effective board policies and to delegate authority for the administration of the schools to the superintendent.
• Communicate to other board members and the superintendent expressions of public reaction to board policies and school programs.
• Inform myself about current educational issues by individual study and through participation in programs providing needed information, such as those sponsored by my state and national school boards associations.
• Support the employment of those persons best qualified to serve as school staff and insist on a regular and impartial evaluation of all staff.
• Avoid being placed in a position of conflict of interest and refrain from using my board position for personal or partisan gain.
• Take no private action that will compromise the board or administration and respect the confidentiality of information that is privileged under applicable laws.
• Remember always that my first and greatest concern must be the educational welfare of the students attending the public schools.

NOTE: This is the official code of ethics for board members of the National School Boards Association.

End of File: BCA-E1