BYLAWS OF THE FACULTY COUNCIL OF NCSSM

Adopted September 10, 1986

Revised June 5, 1997

ARTICLE I. Name

The name of this organization shall be the Faculty Council of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. Hereinafter this organization shall be referred to as "the Faculty Council" or "the Council," and the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics as " the school."

ARTICLE II. Purpose

The Faculty Council is established pursuant to regulations of the Board of Trustees of the School, to act as a committee of the whole for the faculty of the school (as defined in Article III) and to present to the Executive Director its point of view on all matters of concern to the school. It will consider general and specific educational policies of the school from creative, analytical, and critical standpoints. It will act on behalf of the faculty members in the school. It will assist the Director in every way possible in finding the most satisfactory operation of the school's programs. It will seek to carry out those tasks assigned to it by the Executive Director or the Executive Director 's designated representative.

ARTICLE III. Membership

Section 1. The Faculty Council shall be composed of all members of the faculty of the school as defined in Sections I A, B and C of the Regulations on Faculty Employment (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations Document"), adopted by the Board of Trustees on March 3, 1995, as amended.

Section 2. All members of the Faculty Council shall have one vote on all matters to come before the Council.

ARTICLE IV. Officers

Section 1. The Faculty Council shall have three officers. These officers shall be the President, Vice President and Secretary. They shall be elected by a simple majority of votes cast in elections to be held in accordance with the provisions of Article VIII.

Section 2. The officers shall serve from the conclusion of the academic year in which they are elected until the conclusion of the following year.

ARTICLE V. President

The duties of the President shall include calling and presiding at regular Council meetings and serving as liaison between the Faculty Council and the school administration. The President will also serve as the faculty liaison to the Board of Trustees.

ARTICLE VI. Vice President

Section 1. The Vice President shall carry out the duties of the President in the event of the absence or unavailability of that officer.

Section 2. The Vice President shall distribute notification of the time and place of all meetings of the Faculty Council to members.

Section 3. The Vice President shall prepare and distribute the agenda of the meetings of the Faculty Council and any other written material that my require distribution prior to a meeting.

ARTICLE VII. Secretary

Section 1. The Secretary shall record, distribute to the members and keep in a permanent file the minutes of all Faculty Council meetings, shall circulate to the members drafts of those proposals requiring advance notification and shall prepare final drafts of all pertinent documents.

Section 2. The Secretary shall keep a current count of the quorum requirements and make it available to the presiding officer at meetings, when asked.

ARTICLE VIII. Elections

Section 1. Elections to the offices named in Article IV shall be held no later than May 15 of each year and shall be by secret ballot.

Section 2. At least two weeks prior to the scheduled elections the President shall appoint an Ad hoc nominating committee who shall seek nominees for the three offices for the succeeding year. Nominations shall be made in writing and may be made anonymously. Each person nominated will be contacted individually to confirm a willingness to serve.

Section 3. The nominating committee will, upon completing the list of nominees, prepare, distribute, collect and tally the ballots and announce the winners.

Section 4. In the event one candidate for any of the offices does not receive a majority of the votes cast, the nominating committee will conduct a runoff election between the two candidates receiving the largest number of votes.

ARTICLE IX. Meetings

Section 1. The Faculty Council shall meet on a regular basis, at least monthly, at a time and place to be designated by the President. In the event of a conflict with other scheduled activities of the school, the President shall reschedule the meeting to a more appropriate time. Under no circumstances shall a calendar month during the regular school year pass without a meeting of the Council being held.

Section 2. Meetings of the council and its committees shall be open to all NCSSM employees, unless, for a specified reason, the membership votes to close the meeting.

Section 3. The Faculty Council may not conduct any official business in the absence of a quorum of its members, which shall consist of a number of members of the Council equal to a simple majority of the number of faculty members holding full- or three-quarter-time contracts.

Section 4. Provided a reasonable effort to achieve a quorum has been made, a meeting at which a quorum cannot be obtained shall be considered to have satisfied the provisions of Section 1 of this article, if necessary.

Section 5. The President shall call a meeting of the Faculty Council within five working days of receiving a written request to do so signed by at least ten members of the faculty.

Section 6. Meetings shall be conducted in accordance with the usual rules of parliamentary procedure. All matters appropriately brought before the membership shall be considered adopted when approved by a majority of the members present and voting. The presiding officer may participate in debate and vote on all matters before the Council but may not offer motions or seconds to motions.

Section 7. Voting on issues before the council shall be by secret written ballot upon the request of any member present at the meeting. Such ballots shall be collected and tallied by the vice president and the results announced immediately.

Section 8. If the President deems an issue to be of sufficient importance, it may be submitted to all the members for a vote. The deadline for voting in such cases shall not be earlier than two working days nor longer than four working days after the completion of the meeting.

ARTICLE X. Committees

Section 1. The membership may, at its discretion, create committees to deal with specific issues. These committees may be either standing (permanent ) or ad hoc (temporary). In either case the mission of the committee and its type shall be clearly stated in the establishing resolution.

Section 2. Standing Committees will be established in accordance with Section I E, IX and X of the Regulations Document, adopted by the Board of Trustees on March 3, 1995, as amended. These committees will be the Faculty Evaluation Committee, the Faculty Appeals Committee, and the Faculty Grievance Committee. In addition, other permanent committees may be established by a resolution adopted by the membership at a meeting of the Council. Such committees shall remain in existence until disbanded by a similar resolution adopted by the Council.

Section 3. Selection of members to standing committees shall be by written ballot of the membership. Election shall be by a majority of the members voting, except as may be noted in the resolution establishing the committee. Eligibility for membership on any permanent committee shall be determined by the resolution establishing the committee.

Section 4. Ad hoc committees may be established by the president or by a resolution adopted by the membership at a meeting of the council. Such committees shall remain in existence until the mission of the committee is completed.

Section 5. Ad hoc committees shall be made up of members appointed by the president or the officer who presided at the meeting during which the committee is established.

Section 6. Members of ad hoc committees shall serve for the life of the committee, unless otherwise provided for in the establishment of the committee, or they resign or are removed by a resolution passed by the membership.

ARTICLE XI. Amendments

Section 1. Amendments to these Bylaws may be made by written ballot and shall require approval by three fifths of the full and three-quarter time faculty. Proposed amendments shall be distributed in writing to the membership at least one full week prior to the due date for return of the ballots on the amendment.

Section 2 Upon adoption of any amendment to these Bylaws, the secretary shall prepare a corrected version of the Bylaws under the title "Bylaws of the Faculty Council of NCSSM, as amended on [date]" for the distribution to the membership of the Council. The newly adopted amendment(s) shall be set off from the rest of the document in some appropriate way (such as highlighting or underlining).

ARTICLE XII. Adoption

Section 1. These Bylaws shall be considered adopted and effective upon approval of two-thirds of the membership as defined in Article III.

Section 2. Any actions taken by the Council prior to the adoption of these Bylaws shall remain in effect until canceled or modified in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws.