CHAPTER 3. BOARD OF TRUSTEES

IC 21-25-3
     Chapter 3. Board of Trustees

IC 21-25-3-1
Board; membership
    
Sec. 1. The board of trustees consists of ten (10) trustees.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.266.

IC 21-25-3-2
Board; appointments
    
Sec. 2. Nine (9) members of the board of trustees shall be appointed by the governor, one (1) of whom must be a resident of Knox County and one (1) must be an alumnus of Vincennes University. In addition, the governor shall appoint one (1) trustee who is a full-time student of Vincennes University during the student's term.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.266.

IC 21-25-3-3
Search and screen committee; creation
    
Sec. 3. (a) To aid the governor in the selection of the student member of the board of trustees, a search and screen committee is created. The search and screen committee consists of:
        (1) one (1) representative of the governor; and
        (2) at least four (4) students chosen by the elected student government representatives of the student body.
    (b) The search and screen committee shall establish the mode and criteria to be used in the selection of student nominees to serve on the board of trustees.
    (c) The search and screen committee shall submit a list of the names of at least five (5) individuals to the governor for consideration.
    (d) The governor shall select one (1) of these individuals for appointment as a trustee in accordance with this chapter.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.266.

IC 21-25-3-4
Board; terms
    
Sec. 4. The term of each appointed trustee is three (3) years. However, the term of the student appointee is one (1) year.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.266.

IC 21-25-3-5
Board; vacancies
    
Sec. 5. If a vacancy occurs in the membership of the board of trustees, the vacancy shall be filled by the board of trustees for the unexpired term.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.266.

IC 21-25-3-6 Board; date of appointments
    
Sec. 6. The appropriate number of appointive trustees shall be appointed before the first Monday of October of each year. The first Monday is the first day of their terms.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.266.

IC 21-25-3-7
Board; ex officio membership
    
Sec. 7. There shall be the following four (4) ex officio members of the board of trustees:
        (1) The president of the university.
        (2) The superintendent of the Vincennes Community School Corporation.
        (3) The superintendent of the South Knox School Corporation.
        (4) The superintendent of the North Knox School Corporation.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.266.

IC 21-25-3-8
Member participating by electronic means of communication
    
Sec. 8. (a) This section applies to a meeting of the board of trustees or a committee of the board of trustees at which at least a quorum of the board or the committee is physically present at the place where the meeting is conducted.
    (b) A member of the board or a committee of the board may participate in a meeting of the board or the committee by using a means of communication that permits:
        (1) all other members participating in the meeting; and
        (2) all members of the public physically present at the place where the meeting is conducted;
to simultaneously communicate with each other during the meeting.
    (c) A member who participates in a meeting by using a means of communication described in subsection (b) is considered to be present at the meeting.
    (d) The memoranda of the meeting prepared under IC 5-14-1.5-4 must state the name of:
        (1) each member who was physically present at the place where the meeting was conducted;
        (2) each member who participated in the meeting by using a means of communication described in subsection (b); and
        (3) each member who was absent.
As added by P.L.179-2007, SEC.12.