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The 1998 Florida Statutes

Title XVI
EDUCATION
Chapter 230
District School System
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230.15  Organization of board.--On the third Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each year, the school board shall organize by electing a chair. It may elect a vice chair, and the superintendent shall act ex officio as the secretary. If a vacancy should occur in the position of chair, the school board shall proceed to elect a chair at the next ensuing regular or special meeting. At the organization meeting, the superintendent shall act as chair until the organization is completed. The chair and secretary shall then make and sign a copy of the proceedings of organization, including the schedule for regular meetings and the names and addresses of all district school officers, and annex their affidavits that the same is a true and correct copy of the original, and the secretary shall file the document within 2 weeks with the Department of Education.

History.--s. 415, ch. 19355, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 892(78); s. 26, ch. 29754, 1955; s. 19, ch. 65-239; ss. 15, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 69-300; s. 1, ch. 73-95; s. 1225, ch. 95-147.