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Bylaws review committee tightens quorum rules, suspensions and remote participation; sends draft for full-board review
Summary
The Stratford School District bylaws review committee approved multiple edits clarifying quorum and majority thresholds, narrowed how rules may be suspended, moved a short code-of-conduct clause into the duties section, and agreed that electronic participation will be governed by the Freedom of Information Act. The draft will be reformatted and returned to the full board for first reading.
The Stratford School District bylaws review committee unanimously approved a series of edits to its draft bylaws Wednesday, clarifying how a quorum and majority votes are measured, refining the process for suspending bylaws, and aligning remote participation language with the Freedom of Information Act, the committee chair said.
The moves are part of a broader cleanup of sections numbered in the 9000 range. The committee voted to strike a short suspension clause in section 93-11 and adopt the longer, more detailed suspension language from 93-12 instead, to combine overlapping paragraphs on policy formulation and to require certain policy proposals to be submitted "to all members" in writing before a regularly scheduled meeting.
"I'm gonna call this meeting in order at 5PM," the Chair said at the start of the session, which the panel used to correct ambiguous phrasing…
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