Original Adopted Date: 1-10-1983                                            Last Revised Date: 8-9-2004                                                      Last Reviewed Date: 8-12-2024

A board secretary-treasurer may be appointed from employees, other than a position requiring a teaching certificate, or from the public at the board meeting held each year after July 1 and no later than August 15, to serve a one year term of office.  To finalize the appointment, the board secretary-treasurer shall take the oath of office during the meeting at which the individual was appointed or no later than ten days thereafter.

It is the responsibility of the board secretary-treasurer, as custodian of school district records, to preserve and maintain the records and documents pertaining to the business of the board; to keep complete minutes of special and regular board meetings, including closed sessions; to keep a record of the results of regular and special elections; to keep an accurate account of school funds; to sign warrants drawn on the school funds after board approval; and collect data on truant students.  The board secretary-treasurer shall also be responsible for filing the required reports with the Iowa Department of Education.

It is the responsibility of the secretary-treasurer to oversee the investment portfolio, to receive funds of the school district, to pay out the funds for expenses approved by the board, to maintain accurate accounting records for each fund, to report monthly regarding the investment portfolio and the status of each fund and to file required reports with the appropriate state agencies and other entities.  [It will also be the responsibility of the secretary-treasurer to coordinate the financial records, the financial reports, the cash flow needs and the investment portfolio of the school district.]

In the event the board secretary-treasurer is unable to fulfill the responsibilities set out by the board and the law, Assistant Business Manager shall assume those duties until the board secretary-treasurer is able to resume the responsibility or a new board secretary-treasurer is appointed.  The board secretary-treasurer shall give bond in an amount set by the board.  The cost of the bond shall be paid by the school district.

In the event that the President and Vice President of the Board are both absent, the secretary shall serve as temporary chairman for the purpose of selecting a president protempore. 

Legal Reference:

Iowa Code §§ 12B.10; 12C; 64; 279.3, .5, .7, .31-.33, .35; 291.2-.4, .6-.12,  .14; 299.10.

                                 281 I.A.C. 12.3(1).

                                 1978 Op. Att'y Gen. 328.

Cross Reference:     202.2   Oath of Office

                                 210.1   Annual Meeting

                                 215  Board of Directors' Records

                                 501.10 Truancy - Unexcused Absences

                                 704.3   Investments

                                 707  Fiscal Reports

                                 708  Care, Maintenance and Disposal of School District Records