Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education Institutions and Agencies › Part 401 - Organization and Formation › Chapter 1 - Bylaws › Rule 10-401-1.1 - Bylaws

Current through June 25, 2024
ARTICLE 1
Name
The name of this state agency shall be Mississippi Charter
				  School Authorizer Board (MCSAB), henceforth referred to as "Authorizer Board"
				  or "Board."
ARTICLE 2
Purpose
The Authorizer Board is an independent state agency that
				  holds exclusive chartering jurisdiction in the state of Mississippi. The
				  mission of the Authorizer Board is to authorize and oversee high-quality
				  charter schools, particularly schools designed to expand opportunities for
				  underserved students. In addition to its responsibilities as a public charter
				  school authorizer, the Authorizer Board is expected to establish policies that
				  are consistent with principles and standards of quality charter school
				  authorizers and align with the provisions of Mississippi's public charter
				  school law.
ARTICLE 3
Membership and
				  Responsibilities
Section
				3.1
Authorizer Board composition.
The
				Authorizer Board shall consist of seven members; three appointed by the
				Governor, with one member being from each of the Mississippi Supreme Court
				Districts, three appointed by the Lt. Governor, with one member being from each
				of the Mississippi Supreme Court Districts, and one member appointed by the
				State Superintendent of Public Education.
Section 3.2
Term of Authorizer
				Board Members.
The initial term of office for the three Authorizer
				Board members appointed by the Governor shall be four years, and thereafter
				shall be three years. The initial term of office for the three Authorizer Board
				members appointed by the Lt. Governor shall be three years, and thereafter
				shall be three years; and the initial term of office for the member appointed
				by the State Superintendent of Education shall be two years, and thereafter
				shall be three years. No member may serve more than two consecutive
				terms.
Section 3.3
Meeting attendance and preparation.
Members are
				expected to consistently attend and prepare for Authorizer Board and committee
				meetings, of which they are members, in order to be effective and active
				participants. Members are further expected to stay current in their knowledge
				and understanding of the Authorizer Board's projects and
				policymaking.
Section 3.4
External communication.
Members of the Authorizer
				Board should support group decisions and policies when providing information to
				the public. This does not preclude Authorizer Board members from expressing
				their personal views. The executive director or a Board designee will be the
				spokesperson for the Authorizer Board with the media.
Section 3.5
Authorizer Board
				responsibilities.
Authorizer Board members shall serve without
				pay, but shall be entitled to reimbursement for necessary expenses, including
				travel and lodging expenses, while attending meetings of the Commission or when
				actually engaged in business relating to the work of the Authorizer Board. No
				member, employee, agent or representative of the Authorizer Board may serve
				simultaneously as an employee, trustee, agent, representative, vendor or
				contractor of a charter school authorized by the Board.
ARTICLE 4
Officers and
				  Terms
Section 4.1
Designation
. The officers of the Authorizer Board
				shall be elected by the board of directors and shall consist of a chair and a
				vice-chair. No offices may be held by the same person.
Section 4.2
Election and Term of
				Office
. The first officers of the Authorizer Board shall be
				elected by the board of directors at the first meeting of the Board.
				Thereafter, the officers of the Board shall be elected annually by the
				Authorizer Board Each officer shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of
				directors from the date of his or her election for a term of one year and until
				his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified or until his or
				her death or he or she shall resign or shall have been removed from office in
				the manner hereinafter provided.
Section
				4.3
Vacancies
. A vacancy in any office
				may be filled only by a majority of the Authorizer Board at the next regular or
				special meeting of the Board to serve out the remainder of the term. The member
				elected to fill the vacant officer position shall begin service on the
				executive committee at the end of the meeting at which she or he was elected
				and complete the term of office associated with the position.
Section 4.4
Removal
.
				Any officer may be removed by the Authorizer Board whenever in its judgment the
				best interests of the Board will be served thereby. Election or appointment of
				an officer shall not of itself create contract rights.
ARTICLE 5
Duties of Officers and Board
				  Members
Section 5.1
Chair
. The chair shall be the chief executive officer
				of the Board and shall, subject to the control of the Authorizer Board,
				supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the Board. The chair
				shall, when present, call meetings of the Board and preside at all meetings of
				the Board. The chair may sign deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other
				instruments for or in behalf of the Authorizer Board except where required by
				law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and
				execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board to some other
				officer or agent of the Board. In general, the chair shall perform all duties
				incident to the office of chair and such other duties as may be prescribed by
				the Board.
Section 5.2
Vice Chair
. In the absence of the chair, the
				vice-chair shall perform the duties of the chair, and when so acting, shall
				have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the chair.
				Any vice-chair shall perform such duties as from time to time may be assigned
				to such vice-chair by the chair or the Authorizer Board.
Section 5.3
Committee
				Chairs
. Committee Chairs shall report activities, recommendations
				or decisions of their respective committees to the full Board and shall inform
				the Chair when items need to be placed on the agenda.
ARTICLE 6
Committees
Section
				6.1
Standing Committees.
The Authorizer
				Board may have four Standing Committees:
(a)
				Executive Committee
(b)
				Administration & Operations
(c)
				Applications
(d) Performance &
				Accountability