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Board signals policy change to require legal services agreements to name board and superintendent
Summary
Trustees agreed to amend board policy so legal services agreements name both the county superintendent and the county board, and to add clearer steps for handling in‑house counsel conflicts; staff to draft language and return for initial sunshine and later approval.
Trustees directed staff to prepare an amendment to policy 91‑24 so future legal services agreements explicitly name both the county superintendent and the county board of education as contracting parties. The change is intended to ensure the board receives notice if counsel terminates services with the county office.
Special counsel explained that it is not uncommon for the county superintendent to execute contracts on behalf of the county office, and that naming the board as a contracting party would require the contractor to notify the board. "If we're listed at least as the board in the legal services agreement, then if they're gonna quit us, they would at least have to notify the board," a trustee said during the discussion. Trustees reached consensus that an amendment — rather than a wholesale rewrite — should be brought forward and that staff should prepare draft language for an initial sunshine and subsequent board action.
