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Charter draft for Board of Education to reflect statutes; commission to confirm reporting and vacancy text
Summary
Group 1 reviewed redlines for the Board of Education section, agreed to cite state statute (section 10‑20) about existence and duties, and tasked drafters to verify whether the superintendent’s reporting relationship and vacancy timelines should be codified in the charter or left to bylaws/statute.
Steve Case walked commissioners through redline edits to the town charter’s Board of Education section on Feb. 4, proposing clearer cross‑references to Connecticut law and to the board’s own bylaws.
Commissioners agreed the charter should point readers to the controlling state statute (section 10‑20) and debated whether to explicitly state that the superintendent reports to the Board of Education. Several commissioners urged caution about copying detailed bylaws language into the charter, noting bylaws are meant to be changed by the board; one concern was that embedding bylaws in the charter would make future adjustments difficult.
On vacancies, the group discussed current bylaws that permit the Board of Education to fill vacancies and the town charter’s different timelines (30, 90 days were discussed). Commissioners favored deferring to state statute where practical and asked the drafter to consult legal counsel and the Board of Education chair on the correct statutory citations and the practical process used locally.
Action items: Steve Case will research statutory language and return a revised redline; Group 1 requested input from the Board of Education’s chair and from legal counsel before moving language to the full CRC.
