Board Secretary resources

• Board meeting notice
  One regular board meeting should be held monthly at the district’s administrative headquarters or at the nearest practical location, with consideration given to persons with disabilities.
• Our board is interested in opening our board meeting with an invocation or prayer, like the legislature does. Is this OK?
  Question from Ask OSBA

OSBA is a strong voice for school boards and public education in Salem and nationally. In addition, our staff provides advice and assistance to school boards in policy, negotiations, school improvement, communications and other issues your board may encounter. OSBA also offers a variety of opportunities for board development through regional and state meetings and conferences.

The enclosed materials are provided by OSBA as a membership service. They are especially designed to help you get your school board career off to a good start.

The success of new school board members is important to education in Oregon and most especially to the students it serves. OSBA is ready to assist you in any possible way. We’re as close as your telephone. Please call our staff at 1-800-578-6722.

• New board members

• July Board Meeting Requirements
  Is the board required by law to hold a July board meeting?

• Public meetings
  Resources to help run and participate in public meetings.
• Administrative Professionals listserv
  Information on how to join and use the OSBA discussion listserv for administrative professionals.

• Records Retention
  What policy documentation is kept and how.
• Policy and administrative regulation definitions
  Answers to the questions what is policy and what is an administrative regulation and why they are important.

Policy manual

• Policy - What is policy?
• Administrative regulation - What is an administrative regulation?
• Manual structure - How is the policy manual structured?
• Versions - Why are there differenct versions of policy?
• Codes - How are policies coded?
• Requirement - Is it required, conditionally required, highly recommended or optional?
• Bracketed language - What does the bracketed language signify?
• Asterisks - Why is there an astericks in the title?
• Adoption - How to adopt policy?
• Distribution - What is required for policy manual distribution?

Policy subscriptions

• Policy Update - How to get the most from the policy update subscription?
• Manual Maintenance - How to get the most from the policy manual maintenance subscription?
• Online - How to get the most from the policy online subscription?
• Policy Plus - How to get the most from the policy plus subscription?

Policy services

• Services
• Subscriptions

• BoardBook® - conducting paperless board meetings
  Increase community support while saving time and money by streamlining assembly and distribution of meeting notices, packets and minutes.