206.3 - Secretary-Treasurer

 A board secretary-treasurer may be appointed from employees, other than a position requiring a teaching certificate, or from the public.  To finalize the appointment, the board secretary-treasurer will take the oath of office during the meeting at which the individual was appointed or no later than ten days thereafter.  [It is the responsibility of the board to evaluate the board secretary-treasurer annually.]

It shall be the responsibility of the board secretary-treasurer, as custodian of school district records, to preserve and maintain the records and documents pertaining to the business of the board; to keep complete minutes of special and regular board meetings, including closed sessions; to keep a record of the results of regular and special elections; to keep an accurate account of school funds; to sign warrants drawn on the school funds after board approval; and collect data on truant students.  The board secretary-treasurer shall also be responsible for filing the required reports with the Iowa Department of Education.

In the event the board secretary-treasurer is unable to fulfill the responsibilities set out by the board and the law, the superintendent’s secretary shall assume those duties until the board secretary-treasurer is able to resume the responsibility or a new board secretary-treasurer is appointed.  The board secretary-treasurer shall give bond in an amount set by the board.  The cost of the bond will be paid by the school district.

 

 

Legal Reference:  Iowa Code §§ 12B.10; 12C; 64; 277.27; 279.3, .5, .7, .31-.33, .35; 291.2-.4, .6-.15; 299.10, .16 (1995).
                                       281 I.A.C. 12.3(1).
                                       1978 Op. Att'y Gen. 328.

Cross Reference:  202.2    Oath of Office
                                       210.1     Annual Meeting
                                       215         Board of Directors' Records
                                       501.10  Truancy - Unexcused Absences
                                       704.3     Investments
                                       707         Fiscal Reports
                                       708         Care, Maintenance and Disposal of School District Records

Approved  7/10/89          
Reviewed  10/18/21                                  
Revised  11/13/95