Ohio Admin. Code 3354:1-10-01 - Board of trustees: appointments, resignations, powers and indent duties, and general matters
(A) Appointment and conditions of office of
members of the board:
(1) Nine persons shall
be appointed to the board. Six trustees shall be appointed by the Cuyahoga
county executive and three trustees shall be appointed by the governor of the
state of Ohio.
(2) Each appointment
shall be for a term of five years except for those appointments made to fill an
unexpired term.
(3) The trustees
shall serve without compensation but may be paid for their necessary expenses
when engaged in the business of the board.
(4) Before entering upon his or her official
duties, each trustee shall take an oath that the trustee will honestly,
faithfully, and impartially perform the duties of the office.
(B) Trustees may resign at any
time during the term for which they were appointed by instrument in writing to
that effect filed with the secretary of the district. Whenever for reason of
death or resignation of a trustee there shall be a vacancy in the board, the
secretary of the district shall notify the Cuyahoga county executive or the
office of the governor of the state of Ohio depending upon the office which is
to fill the vacancy.
(C) Powers and
duties of the board:
(1) The board shall own
and operate the college pursuant to an official plan prepared and approved in
accordance with section
3354.07 of the Revised
Code.
(2) The board may hold,
encumber, control, acquire by donation, purchase or condemnation, construct,
own, lease, use, and sell real and personal property as is necessary for the
conduct of the program of the college on whatever terms and for whatever
consideration may be appropriate for the purpose of the college.
(3) The board may accept gifts, grants,
bequests, and devices absolutely or in trust for support of the
college.
(4) The board may appoint
the administrative officers, faculty and staff necessary and proper for the
college, and fix their compensation.
(5) The board shall provide for the college
necessary lands, buildings or other structures, equipment, means, and
appliances.
(6) The board shall
develop and adopt, pursuant to the official plan, the curricular programs
identified in section
3354.01 of the Revised Code as
arts and sciences programs and technical programs, or either. Such programs may
include adult education programs.
(7) The board shall establish schedules of
fees and tuition.
(a) The board shall
establish such schedules for students who are residents of the district;
residents of Ohio but not of the district; and students who are nonresidents of
Ohio.
(b) Students who are
nonresidents of Ohio shall be required to pay higher rates of fees and tuition
than the rates required of students who are residents of Ohio but not of the
district, and students who are residents of the district shall pay a smaller
tuition and fee rate than the rate for either category of nonresident
students.
(8) The board
may authorize, approve, ratify, or confirm any agreement relating to the
college with the United States government, acting through any agency of such
government designated or created to aid in the financing of such projects, or
with any person, organization, or agency offering grants in aid in financing
such educational facilities or the operation of such facilities except as
prohibited by law.
(9) The board
may grant appropriate certificates of achievement to students successfully
completing college programs.
(10)
The board may prescribe policies regarding the effective management of the
college, and exercise such other powers as are necessary for the efficient
management of the college. The board shall appoint the president, who shall be
responsible for establishing the procedures to carry out such rules or
policies.
(11) The board may
receive and expend gifts or grants from the State of Ohio for the payment of
operating costs, for the acquisition, construction, or improvement of buildings
or other structures, or for the acquisition or use of land. In no event shall
state gifts or grants be expended for the support of adult education
programs.
(12) The board may retain
consultants in the field of education, planning, architecture, law,
engineering, or other fields of professional skill.
(13) The board may purchase such policies of
insurance as permitted by the Revised Code or as otherwise not prohibited by
law.
(14) The board may exercise
all other powers and duties authorized from time to time by the laws of the
state of Ohio.
(D)
General matters.
(1) The board shall adopt a
seal, and shall keep records of all its proceedings, which records shall be
open for public inspection to the extent required by law.
(2) A majority of the board shall constitute
a quorum, and the board may act on any matter by majority vote of its whole
membership. The board may designate in its rules and regulations matters of an
administrative nature which may be acted upon by a vote of a majority of those
present when a quorum is in session.
(3) Any rule or regulation adopted by the
board to govern its own proceedings may, when not otherwise required by law, be
temporarily suspended; provided that a majority of those present when a quorum
is in session determine by affirmative vote that such action will serve the
best interests of the college.
(4)
The principal place of business of the college is "700 Carnegie Avenue,
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio."
(5) The board shall perform a biennial
evaluation of the college president and the progress of the institution under
the President's leadership in light of the strategic plan, annual goals, and
other standards set by the board. The chairperson of the board shall be
responsible for initiating the biennial evaluation and for holding more
frequent performance review discussions with the president. The board may
appoint a special committee to assist the body in carrying out the evaluation
responsibility.
(6) Communications
by college employees to the board.
(a)
Communications to the trustees from college employees will be transmitted to
the full board or, as appropriate, to a committee of the board by the college
president or an executive vice president.
(b) All board responses to such
communications will be made either through the president, an executive vice
president or, as appropriate, by action in full board meetings.
(7) The bylaws of the board
consist of sections
rules 3354:1-10-01 through
to
3354:1-10-05 of the Administrative Code.
(8) The board shall review and evaluate
college policies at regular intervals. The board will take action on the
adoption, modification, or rescission of all policies.policies.
Effective date: June 25,
2015
Prior Effective date: December 15,
2005
Notes
Promulgated Under: 111.15
Statutory Authority: 3354.09
Rule Amplifies: 3354.09
Prior Effective Dates: December 15, 2005
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