(a)If two (2) or more boards of trustees desire to
establish a board of cooperative services for the purpose of
providing cooperative educational services and if the services
can be provided more effectively through a cooperative effort,
the boards of trustees of the interested districts, a majority
of whose members respectively vote in favor of doing so, may
enter into an agreement to form a board of cooperative
educational services. The agreement shall specify among other
things the length of term of the agreement, the rights,
responsibilities and obligations of each participating district,
the types of services to be rendered, the procedure for the
establishment of additional services and the procedure for the
inclusion of additional districts within the cooperative
educational service
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(a) If two (2) or more boards of trustees desire to
establish a board of cooperative services for the purpose of
providing cooperative educational services and if the services
can be provided more effectively through a cooperative effort,
the boards of trustees of the interested districts, a majority
of whose members respectively vote in favor of doing so, may
enter into an agreement to form a board of cooperative
educational services. The agreement shall specify among other
things the length of term of the agreement, the rights,
responsibilities and obligations of each participating district,
the types of services to be rendered, the procedure for the
establishment of additional services and the procedure for the
inclusion of additional districts within the cooperative
educational services program. The agreement shall also provide a
method for the amendment and dissolution of the agreement with
the consent of each participating district. Any agreement to
form a board of cooperative educational services entered into
between the participating districts shall be approved by the
state board of education.
(b) The boards of trustees agreeing to participate in the
board of cooperative educational services shall appoint members
of the participating boards of trustees to a board of
cooperative educational services. The appointed board shall be
composed of not less than five (5) nor more than nine (9)
members unless there are more than nine (9) districts
participating in which event each participating district shall
have one (1) member. Each participating board of trustees shall
have at least one (1) member appointed to the board of
cooperative educational services. The terms of office of each of
the members of the board of cooperative educational services
shall be coterminous with their respective terms of office upon
their boards of trustees. As the terms of office expire, or as
vacancies occur, new members of the board of cooperative
educational services shall be appointed by the board of trustees
of the participating district.