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BOARD  MEMBER  AUTHORITY  
AND  RESPONSIBILITIES

All powers of the Board lie in its action as a public body.  A member of a board of education is a public officer, but has no authority or power individually.  Individual Board members exercise authority over District affairs only by way of votes taken at a legal meeting of the Board.  An individual Board member has authority only when and to the extent that the Board, by vote, has so delegated such authority.

A board shall not be bound in anyway by an action or statement made on the part of an individual board member except when such action or statement is pursuant to specific instructions from the respective board.

Adopted:   date of manual adoption

LEGAL REF.:
22-5-4 NMSA (1978)

CROSS REF.:
AA - School District Legal Status

   BBA - Board Powers and Responsibilities