The board voted July 24 to revise policy BCE to provide greater flexibility in forming advisory committees and to require annual review of committee assignments at the board reorganization meeting.

Under the revised language the board removed a requirement to name standing committees in policy and instead authorized ad hoc committees with these features to be specified when the committee is created: purpose, length of service (to align with annual reorganization), resources provided, and reporting expectations. The board removed the explicit fixed-date final-report language and agreed reports should be provided "as requested" and reviewed annually at reorganization.

Trustees then appointed community members to two administrative-led committees: an academics/CSIP advisory (members include Nancy Gregory, Michael Evans, Reba Kendall, Mackenzie Norton, Grama Wagner, Jacob McMillan and Cassandra Bridal) and a finance committee (members include Laurie Dragoo, Wade Wetlaufer, Dennis Rosenuck, Joel Volkner, Gary Wilkinson, Nisar Garcia and Teresa Simmons). The board directed committees to meet monthly, daytime meetings preferred, and asked administrators to provide norms (expected meeting length, likely one hour, and staff support).

Board members discussed annual committee review at reorganization and agreed committees with ongoing work will be considered for renewal annually, and short-term committees may complete work sooner and report back. The motion to amend the policy with the reorganization-review language and the amended reporting clause passed 7-0.