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.