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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="2-204" title_number="2" title_name="State Department of Education" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="State Board of Education">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each year, the State Board shall hold:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A meeting in July; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>At least three other regular meetings.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board may hold special meetings as necessary.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>At the annual Board meeting in July, the State Board shall select a president and a vice president from among its members.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A member may not serve for more than 4 years as president.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The State Superintendent is the Chief Executive, Secretary, and Treasurer of the State Board.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The State Superintendent shall attend each meeting of the Board and of its committees, except when the tenure, salary, or the administration of the State Superintendent’s office are under consideration.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The State Superintendent may advise the Board on any question under consideration, but may not vote.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A member of the State Board serves without compensation but is entitled to reimbursement for expenses in accordance with the Standard State Travel Regulations.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the affirmative vote of a majority of the members then serving on the State Board is required for any action by the Board.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In matters considered by the State Board for which a member is prohibited in law from voting, an affirmative vote of a majority of the members then serving who are authorized to vote on the matter is required for action by the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
