Governance Culture
The Board determines its philosophy, its accountability, and specifics of its own job. The effective design of its own board processes ensures that the board will fulfill its three primary responsibilities:
- Maintaining links to the ownership
- Establishing the four categories of written policies
- Assuring executive performance
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- GC-1 Global Governance Culture
- GC-2 Governing Commitments
- GC-3 Board Job Description
- GC-4 Annual Work Plan
- GC-5 Role of the President
- GC-6 Board Members’ Code of Conduct
- GC-7 Board Committee Principles
- GC-8 Board Committee Structure
- GC-9 Cost of Governance
- GC-10 Process for Addressing Board Member Violations
- GC-11 Role of the Legislative Representative
- GC-12 Student Representatives
- GC-13 Role of the New Director Mentor
GC-9 Cost of Governance
GC-9 Cost of Governance
Policy Type: Governance Culture
Because poor governance costs more than learning to govern well, the Board will invest in its governance capacity.
- Board skills and resources will be sufficient to assure governing with excellence.
- Training and retraining will be used appropriately to orient new members and candidates for membership, as well as to maintain and increase existing member skills and understandings.
- Outside monitoring assistance will be arranged so that the Board can exercise confident control over organizational performance. This includes, but is not limited to, the fiscal audit.
- Outreach mechanisms will be used as needed to ensure the Board’s ability to listen to the viewpoints and values of the Issaquah School District community.
- Costs will be prudently incurred, though not at the expense of endangering the development and maintenance of superior capability.
- Annually, as part of the overall budget approval process, the Board will approve a budget for training, monitoring, and advocacy responsibilities for the coming year. Additional member commitments or expenditures require consensus of the Board.
December 14, 2005 – Adoption of Policy Governance
March 12, 2008 – Monitored, modified
March 18, 2009 – Monitored, no changes
March 9, 2011 – Monitored, no changes
April 25, 2012 – Monitored, no changes
August 5, 2013 – Monitored, no changes
July 31, 2014 – Monitored, no changes
May 9, 2018 – Revised and approved
December 12, 2019 – Revised
July 11, 2024 – Converted to Coherent Governance