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Voices for International Business and Education

VIBE Governance Committee Meeting

Governance Committee

Date and Time

Tuesday May 4, 2021 at 6:30 PM CDT

Location

International High School of New Orleans
Community Room
727 Carondelet Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
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Agenda

     
I. Opening Items
  A. Record Attendance
  B. Call the Meeting to Order
   
Senate bill No 466 passed in 2020 to authorize public bodies to conduct certain meetings electronically during certain states of emergency or disaster;

 

Per RS 42:17.1 (2) (c):

 

Matters that are critical to the continuation of the business of the public body and that are not able to be postponed to a meeting held in accordance with the other provisions of this Chapter due to a legal requirement or other deadlines that cannot be postponed or delayed by the public body.

 
  C. Approve Minutes from the April 1, 2021 Governance Committee Meeting
   
II. Board Recruitment
  A. Update on VIBE Board Member Recruitment
   

 

 
  B. Board Candidate Interview - Reginald Coleman
III. Policy Review and Adoption
  A. Drug and Alcohol Policy & Procedure
   
Under attorney review: Recommended by the attorney for delayed implementation upon CBA with UTNO.
  B. Charter Operating Agreement
   
Attached to this email is the Type 2 charter contract and Exhibits for the International High School of New Orleans. This charter contract will take effect as of July 1, 2020.
In order to collect the signature from the BESE president, the Louisiana Department of Education (LDE) must receive a signed copy of this contract no later than 5:00 p.m. on May 27, 2021.
Please make sure to sign the contract and each exhibit. Electronic or scanned signatures are acceptable. You may provide the contract to the LDE by this date via one or more of the methods listed below:
  • Option 1: Email a scanned copy of the contract and exhibits to myself at danalyn.hypolite@la.gov
  • Option 2: Mail a hardcopy of the signed contract and exhibits to:
Louisiana Department of Education
Attn: Danalyn Hypolite
1201 N. Third St.; Office 5-186
Baton Rouge, LA. 70806
  • Option 3: Contact myself at danalyn.hypolite@la.gov to arrange for an in-person delivery of the contract and exhibits to the address listed above during normal business hours.
Please note the following:
  • If your charter organization is contracting with a management organization for the operation of the school, please provide a copy of the signed, final contract between your charter board and the management organization as Exhibit B of the attached charter contract.
  • Please review Exhibit A (Location) and complete Exhibit C (Grade Level Enrollment Table)
  • Please review Exhibit D (Required Enrollment Percentages)
  • Please mark the appropriate option in Exhibits F (Collective Bargaining Option Form) and Exhibit G (Teachers’ Retirement System of Louisiana Option Form)
  C. Recommend Adoption of Renewal Contract to the VIBE Board
IV. VIBE Bylaws
  A. Article III - Board of Directors: Section 3.3 Amendment
   
CURRENT LANGUAGE:

3.3 Election and Term of Office. Directors shall be elected by a majority vote of the Directors then in office. Directors shall hold office for a term of one (1) year. Director terms of office shall begin on July 1 of the year elected or re‐elected and end on June 30 of the following year; and the term of any Director elected after a term has started shall be considered to have retroactively started on July 1 at the beginning of said term. Director terms are eligible for re‐election. No Director shall serve more  than six consecutive terms. The terms of the initial Board of Directors may be modified in order to effectuate the staggering of terms. 

AMENDED LANGUAGE:

3.3 Election and Term of Office. Directors shall be elected by a majority vote of the Directors then in office. Directors shall hold office for a term of one (1) year. Director terms of office shall begin on July 1 of the year elected or re‐elected and end on June 30 of the following year; and the term of any Director elected after a term has started shall be considered to have retroactively started on July 1 at the beginning of said term. Director terms are eligible for re‐election. No Director shall serve more than seven consecutive terms. The terms of the initial Board of Directors may be modified in order to effectuate the staggering of terms.

Purpose of Amendment: Allow Dr. Thomas to serve as board chair for an additional year as we add new board members and transition through the COVID pandemic.*

*Article 4.2 of the Bylaws discusses the Officers and their term limits.  According to the current Bylaws, Dr. Thomas has another year of eligibility to serve as board chair.
  B. Recommend Adoption of Amendment to Bylaws to VIBE Board
V. Other Business
  A. Strategic Plan
   

 

 

 
  B. Next Meeting - June 1, 2021
   
1. Board Recruitment 
2. Drug and Alcohol Policy & Procedure
3. Strategic Plan/Succession
VI. Closing Items
  A. Adjourn Meeting