Ask AASB FAQs

Answers to questions we are frequently asked

• Can you add items to the agenda AT the meeting?
• If our Board loses a quorum during an Executive Session, can action be taken when we return to the open meeting?
• Does AASB keep a record of the standing committees each district’s board members serve on?
• What requirements are there to serve on the School Board?
• What is the Consent Agenda process?
• What does censuring a board member mean?
• Can a board be polled, either by phone or email, on an action item if it has been discussed at a prior meeting?
• Our board has a vacant seat right now, so there is the potential for a tied vote. What are the school board’s procedures when it comes to breaking a tie when voting?
• Due to a resignation, we had to fill our Vice President’s seat. Do we have to reorganize the entire board?
• When adopting or updating a policy, are motions required for both the first and second readings?