Attalla as the group’s president. The caucus also chose David M. Tuck of Coosa County, vice president; Dr. Shelia NashStevenson of Madison, secretary; Bobby Diggs, president of the Lawrence County school board, treasurer; and Minor of Dallas County and Willie J. Grissett of Escambia County, members-at-large.
Delegate Assembly Action Delegates are selected by member school boards to be their voting representatives at AASB’s annual business meeting. The following is a summary of primary action taken by the 2007 Delegate Assembly and reports made by committees in December. For a complete list of resolutions and bylaws, go to www.AlabamaSchoolBoards.org. ■ Nominating Committee: The committee recommended Florence Bellamy of Phenix City to serve as AASB’s president-elect and that Steve Foster of Lowndes County serve as vice president. Both recommendations were accepted.
■ Bylaws Committee: Recommended minor editorial revisions to Article IIIMembers, Section 2b, Admissions & Qualifications; Article VI-Board of Directors, Section 5, Duties;
Congratulations! Several drawings occurred throughout the convention. Donated prizes go to the school system of the winner. Sponsor Hoar Construction presented cash prizes to the boards of Bravell Jackson (on left in top right photo) of Marion County, and Mary Moncrease (on left in lower left photo) of Conecuh County. Southland International Bus Sales presented a prize to Michael Box (on left in lower right photo) of Winfield. Other prizes went to Larry Eddins of Coffee County, Mary Ann McDonald of Elmore County and Annie C. Hunter of Lowndes County. 14 Alabama School Boards • Januar y l Februar y 2008
A record-breaking 430 education leaders attended the convention themed “Charting a Course for 21st Century Learning.” Speakers included humorist Meagan Johnson and demographics watcher Dr. James Johnson of the University of North Carolina. Attendees learned information vital to modern-day governance teams and heard a high-profile panel discuss 21st century education in Alabama. ■
Article VIII-Districts, Section 3, Elections and Section 4, Term; and Article IX-Committees, Section 1, Standing. Article provisions made delegate consideration of such changes unnecessary. To see the revised bylaws, go the “About AASB” section of www.AlabamaSchoolBoards.org.
■ Resolutions Committee: Among the notable amendments proposed and accepted were to: • Add “prohibit unfunded mandates in the ETF budget” to Section 1: School Finance, SF-1 Education Trust Fund Budget. • Add “AASB encourages school boards to effectively document employee performance to support appropriate personnel actions and/or to improve performance” to Section 3: Personnel, P-3 Employee Relations. • Change the compulsory school attendance ages AASB supports from “6 to 16” to “6 to 17” under Section 4: Student Programs/Services, SPS-2 Compulsory Attendance Age/Kindergarten. • Add “AASB opposes access to extracurricular activities to anyone who is not an enrolled public school student” under Section 4: Student Programs/Services, SPS-8 Extracurricular Activities.