1221: Designation of Board Member as Liaison to Another Organization

In order to facilitate communications, a Board member may be designated to serve as a liaison to another organization.

The Board will determine whether to designate a Board member as a liaison to another organization based on the following criteria:

1. The organization has as its primary purpose the promotion of educational opportunities for the students of the Bellevue Public Schools.
2. The presence of a Board member as a liaison will enhance the ability of the organization and the district to meet the educational needs of Bellevue students.
3. The organization indicates its understanding that Board members have no authority, other than when the Board is legally in session.
4. The organization is not one which competes with other vendors for contracts to provide services or goods to the Bellevue Public Schools.
5. The organization shall not unlawfully discriminate on account of race, color, religion, national origin, handicaps, age, marital status, sex, Vietnam-era or disabled veteran status, or other extraneous matters in any aspect of its operation.

In keeping with Policy 1220, other Board members or district staff are not bound in any way by any action taken or statement made by an individual Board member serving as liaison to another organization.

Designation of the liaison to another organization will be made by a majority vote of the Board of Directors. The term for a person filling such a position will be one year, and a Board member may not serve more than two consecutive terms as liaison to a specific organization.

Designations will be made at the December board meeting when board officers are elected. If the board has determined that it will designate a board member as a liaison outside of the regular cycle, the board will designate the duration of the initial term, not to exceed two years.

From time to time, the board may also designate temporary liaisons to organizations. In that case, the Board must establish a term of appointment, not to exceed two years and must, should the Board desire to continue to position, approve the renewal of the informal representative position, or establish it as a formal liaison position, at the end of a given term of appointment.

The maximum of two consecutive terms for a board member as a liaison applies to informal representation terms as well.

All liaison positions (including temporary) will be publicly identified and terms of service clearly indicated on the district web site.