Boardsmanship Quiz Bowl 3
This is a 10-question quiz to test your knowledge on boardsmanship and legal issues.
1. The complete minutes of an emergency meeting must be made available to the public within ten days after the meeting.
True
False
2. State law requires boards to adopt Robert’s Rules of Order for governing their meetings.
True
False
3. The Nebraska Commissioner of Education is appointed by:
The Governor
The Legislature
The State Board of Education
4. Tenured certificated staff must earn six semester hours of college credit or give evidence of professional growth every how many years:
Two Years
Four Years
Six Years
5. Nebraska law authorizes school boards to pay dues from school funds for membership in the Nebraska Association of School Boards.
True
False
6. A person taken into custody for disrupting a board meeting may be held for how long:
Until the meeting is adjourned
Until the next day
Until bail is posted
7. September 17th was selected as the day on which the nation’s public school students must study the U.S. Constitution to celebrate the anniversary of:
The end of the Revolutionary War
The Boston Tea Party
The official adoption of the Constitution in 1787
8. State law requires all school in Nebraska to observe State Fire Day with exercises appropriate to the subject and the day.
True
False
9. The provisions for Nebraska school accreditation are spelled out in what rule adopted by the State Board of Education:
Rule 5
Rule 8
Rule 10
10. The purpose of using a Consent Agenda is to save valuable meeting time for more important agenda items.
True
False