§ 21-6-221 — School advisory boards

Wyoming § 21-6-221

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 21: Education
• Ch. 6: SCHOOL DISTRICT ORGANIZATION
• Art. 2: DISTRICT BOUNDARY BOARD

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(a) Whenever any school within any school district is
located twenty (20) road miles or more from the nearest town or
city that is the population center of the district and whenever
fifty percent (50%) of the parents of children attending the
school agree, they may call a meeting at the school for the
purpose of electing an advisory board of three (3) members for a
term of three (3) years. The initial board shall have one (1)
member elected for one (1) year, one (1) member for two (2)
years and one (1) member for three (3) years.
(b) The advisory board may aid and advise the board of
trustees of the district in all matters concerning the operation
of the school in their area. The advisory board may present
grievances and recommendations at any regular meeting of the
board of trustees of the district.
(c) The advisory board secretary shall keep minutes of the
meetings of the advisory board. These minutes shall be submitted
to the board of trustees of the district and read at their next
scheduled meeting.
(d) There shall be an election held annually for the
purpose of electing a successor for the advisor whose term has
expired. An advisor may be elected to succeed himself or
herself. The election need not comply with the elections
provisions of this code.
(e) Following the election of the advisory board the
members of the board shall organize themselves by electing one
(1) of their members as chairman and one (1) as secretary.
(f) The district trustee, within whose election area the
school is located, is an ex officio member of the advisory board
but shall not vote.