The Board will annually appoint legal counsel to represent the District and to advise the Board on legal matters. When requested to do so, Counsel will attend regular and special meetings of the Board and will be available for consultation as needed.
Because it is often necessary to consult legal counsel and receive its expert opinion as part of background information to be used by the Board in making decisions, and because at times the District may be involved in litigation or other legal matters, the Superintendent, Board President, and the Board Secretary-Treasurer are authorized to seek Counsel's services as needed.
Individual Board members are expected to consult school legal counsel only when the full Board has given permission for such consultation. Otherwise, the Board member will be expected to pay any legal fees that may result. The Board should be kept informed of legal matters that are other than routine, and of legal services that may involve extraordinary expense to the District.
Approved July 2007
Reviewed January 2022
Revised January 2022