Agendas and Minutes
Agendas for all meetings of the North Tama Board of Education are posted on this website at least 24 hours in advance of each meeting. Minutes are posted below and are published in the North Tama Telegraph in accordance with legal requirements.
NEXT REGULAR BOARD MEETING:
The next regular board meeting of the North Tama Board of Education is scheduled to take place on Monday, June 19, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. in the North Tama Junior High Commons. The tentative agenda will be posted below at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting:
TENTATIVE AGENDA will be posted here.
Public Comment During Board Meetings
Citizens wishing to address the board must notify the superintendent prior to the board meeting. The board president will recognize these individuals to make their comments at the appropriate time during public comment. Citizens wishing to present petitions to the board may do so at this time. However, the board will only receive the petitions and not act upon them or their contents.
The board president has the discretion to limit the amount of time set aside for public participation. Public comment is a time set aside for community input, but the board will not discuss or take any action on any matter during public comment.
The board has a significant interest in maintaining the decorum of its meetings, and it is expected that members of the public and the board will address each other with civility. The orderly process of the board meeting will not be interfered with or disrupted by public comment. Only individuals recognized by the board president will be allowed to speak. Comments by others are out of order. If disruptive, the individual causing disruption may be asked to leave the board meeting. Defamatory comments may be subject to legal action.
Public comment shall be limited to regular board meetings and will not be routinely held during special board meetings.
Petitions to Place a Topic on the Agenda
Individuals who wish for an item to be placed on the board agenda may submit a valid petition to the board. For a petition to be valid, it must be signed by at least 40 eligible electors of the district, or ten percent of the individuals who voted in the last school election, whichever number is lower.
Upon receiving a valid petition to the board to place a proposal on the next board agenda for public hearing, the board will place the proposal identified in the petition on the agenda of the next regular meeting, or a special meeting held within 30 days of receipt of the petition. The board will provide a sign-up sheet for all individuals who wish to speak on the proposal, and individuals will be called to speak in order of sign-up. The sign-up sheet will require each individual to list their legal name and mailing address. Each speaker will be limited to an amount of time established by the board president that is reasonable and necessary based on the number of speakers signed up. The same time limit will apply to all speakers on the proposal. Each individual will be limited to one opportunity to speak. The board maintains absolute discretion on whether or not to discuss or act on the public comments made on the proposal.
Individuals who have a complaint about employees may bring their complaint to the board only after they have followed board policy addressing citizens' complaints. Students who have a complaint may only bring their complaint to the board after they have followed board policy addressing students' complaints.
