Oath of Office
The Board of Directors are officials of the state. As a public official, each Director must pledge to uphold the Iowa and the United States Constitution and carry out the responsibilities of the office to the best of the Board member’s ability.
Each newly elected Director will take the oath of office prior to any action taken as a school official. The oath of office is taken by each new Director elected at the school election at or before the Organizational meeting of the Board. In the event of an appointment or special election to fill a vacancy, the new Board member will take the oath of office within 10 days of the appointment or election.
Directors elected to offices of the Board will also take the same oath of office but replacing the office of Board of Directors with the title of the office to which they were elected.
The oath of office is administered by the Board Secretary and does not need to be given at a Board meeting. In the event the Board Secretary is absent, the oath is may be administered by another Director.
“Do you solemnly swear that you will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Iowa, and that you will faithfully and impartially to the best of your ability discharge the duties of the office of ______________________(naming the office) in __________________(naming the district) as now and hereafter required by law?”
Code of Iowa: ยงยง 277.28; 279.1, .6
- Approved: 01-26-09
- Revised: 02-09-15
- Reviewed: 11-18-19, 11-14-2022
- Documents: 202.1b
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