5805273 University of the District of Columbia - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Regular Board Meetings

UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

NOTICE OF FINAL RULEMAKING

 

The Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia, pursuant to the authority set forth under the District of Columbia Public Postsecondary Education Reorganization Act Amendments (Act), effective January 2, 1976 (D.C. Law 1-36; D.C. Official Code §§ 38-1202.0l(a); 38-1202.06)(3),(13) (2012 Repl. & 2015 Supp.)), hereby gives notice of its intent to amend Chapter 1 (Board of Trustees) of Title 8 (Higher Education), Subtitle B (University of the District of Columbia) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR).

 

The purpose of the proposed rule is to adjust the minimum number of Regular Meetings which must be held annually consistent with D.C. Official Code § 38-1204.01(a)(1).

 

The substance of the rules adopted herein was published as a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the D.C. Register on August 7, 2015 at 62 DCR 10716, for a period of public comment of not less than thirty (30) days, in accordance with D.C. Official Code § 2-505(a) (2012 Supp.). No public comment was received by the Board within the public comment period.  The rules were adopted as final on December 18, 2015, and will become effective upon publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.

 

Chapter 1, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, of Title 8-B DCMR, UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, is amended as follows:

 

Section 105, MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, Subsection 105.4 is amended as follows:

 

105.4               Meetings of the Board of Trustees shall be held in the District of Columbia in accordance with D.C. Official Code § 38-1204.01 (2012 Repl.) and shall be called or scheduled as follows:

 

(a)        Regular Meetings.  In accordance with D.C. Official Code § 38-1204.01 (2012 Repl.) the Chairperson or a majority of the members of the Trustees may convene a meeting.  Regular meetings of the Board shall be based upon a schedule established by the Chairperson or majority of the members of the Board in consultation with the President.  The Board shall conduct at least four (4) regular meetings each year. 

 

(b)        Special Meetings.  Special meetings of the Board shall be called by the Chairperson, or by a majority of the members of the Board.  In the case of a meeting called by the Chairperson or a majority of the members of the Board, the Chairperson or majority shall notify the President in writing not less than forty-eight (48) hours prior to the meeting of the time and place of the meeting.

 

(c)        Emergency Meetings.  The Chairperson may call an emergency meeting of the Board by notifying the President as promptly as possible of the nature of the emergency, and the purpose, time, and place of the meeting.