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Sunday, June 6, 2010

SCUSD DAC Bylaw Revision Subcommittee Reports Out District Advisory Council Bylaws

District Advisory Council Bylaws



Dear DAC,

The attachment for the bylaws contains the following edits to the May 11 presentation. These changes were suggested by members and the legal review and help with clarity. They have been reviewed by the Executive Board and do not represent substantive changes. It is proposed that suggestions for substantive change to either the revised or certified bylaws be addressed by the amendment process next year.

Article II (Purpose) "Board of Trustees" is changed to "Board of Education".

Article III, Section B, 2 (Members) has "Members may not vote." added.

Article IV, Section G, 1 (Officers, President) is reworded to read: "The president shall serve on the Bylaws Committee." with the "and" deleted.

Article V, Section B (Conference Items) is reworded to change "conference" to "discussion" and has "to allow further discussion by SSCs as desired" added to the first sentence. An “s” is deleted from “meetings”.

Article IX (Amendments) has “of authority” deleted.

The attachment for the officers vote contains the following changes to the May 11 presentation. These changes are advised by the Executive Board and will be voted on June 8th.


June 8th Election Procedures


1. Candidates must be present on date of election. Write ins may be nominated at this time. (added)

4. DAC representatives from each school, district department, public organization or community agency will receive one paper ballot per represented group.
(Change from “DAC representatives who are recorded on this year’s attendance signups and present will receive one paper ballot per represented group.”)



The comparison attachment presents the highlights of the changes from the current certified bylaws to the proposed revised bylaws.



The amendments attachment presents one possible approach to implementing the substantive changes suggested by the legal review by the district’s outside counsel.



Respectfully submitted,

Léo Bennett-Cauchon