According to state law, the annual organizational meeting of the Board of Education shall be held within 14 days after the annual Board election. The newly elected members shall qualify by taking the oath of office as prescribed in Article VII, Section 11, of the Constitution of Missouri. The Board secretary shall administer the oath to the new members.

Following the administration of the oath of office, the superintendent, serving as temporary chairperson, shall conduct the election of the president and vice president. Once the president and vice president have been elected, the president will preside over the remainder of the meeting. The Board shall, on or before July 15 of each year, elect a secretary and a treasurer who shall assume their respective duties on July 15. The secretary and treasurer may or may not be members of the Board. All votes will be taken by voice vote, show of hands or another method of voting that clearly reveals each member's vote. Secret ballots are not permitted by law.

In addition, the Board will appoint one of its members to serve as the Missouri School Boards' Association delegate and one to serve as an alternate. If, pursuant to MSBA bylaws, the district is entitled to more than one delegate, the Board will appoint the number of delegates to which the district is entitled and an alternate delegate. Appointed delegates will perform the duties as outlined in policy BCCA.

§§ 610.010-.030, RSMo

§ 162.301, RSMo Mo. Const. art.VII § 11