POLICY 1-3.3 SCHOOL BOARD CLERK

On recommendation of the division superintendent, the Montgomery County School Board annually, at its organizational meeting, shall appoint a clerk, and may appoint a deputy clerk.

The clerk and deputy clerk shall each be bonded in an amount no less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), and the School Board shall pay the premiums for each bond. The clerk and deputy clerk shall discharge under the general direction of the division superintendent all duties as required by law and such other duties as may be required by the School Board or the Virginia Board of Education, including but not limited to:

1. attending all meetings of the School Board and keeping a record in a bound journal of its proceedings;

2. keeping an account record of all receipts and disbursements of the School Board as prescribed by law;

3. verifying all statements for payment after audit and under the direction of the division superintendent or his/her designee; seeing that all accounts of the School Board are kept accurately, and making such reports and performing such duties as are required by Virginia law, regulations of the Board of Education, the School Board and the division superintendent;

4. notifying members of any regular and special meetings of the School Board and of committee meetings and attending all such meetings unless otherwise directed by the division superintendent;

5. serving as custodian of the seal of the School Board; and

6. presenting at each regular meeting of the School Board an accurate financial statement of all appropriations, expenditures, and balances.

THE ABOVE LISTING OF DUTIES IS NOT IN CURRENT MCSB POLICY BCC

Oath THIS IS A PROPOSED NEW SUBSECTION

The clerk and deputy clerk must take an oath of office prescribed for State officers.

LEGAL REFERENCE: Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, §§ 22.1-72, 22.1-76, 22.1-77.

Adopted: April 2004