CONTENTS

ARTICLE I
Responsibility & Membership

ARTICLE II
Board Powers and Duties

ARTICLE III
Officers and Their Duties

ARTICLE IV
Committees

ARTICLE V
Meetings

ARTICLE VI
Policies, Rules & Regulations

ARTICLE VII
Adoption and Amendments

ARTICLE VIII
Due Process for Personnel

ARTICLE IX
Due Process for Students

APPROVED BOARD POLICIES

The Board of Trustees shall:

1. Establish the basic qualifications for and appoint a President for such term and under such conditions as it may fix, such election to be subject to the approval of the State Board of Community Colleges.

2. Approve the employment of personnel annually, upon recommendation of the President, subject to standards established by the State Board of Community Colleges.

3. Acquire by purchase or otherwise all land required for the College site, and rights-of-way, which shall be necessary for the proper operation of the College, when such site has been approved by the State Board of Community Colleges, if necessary, to acquire land by condemnation in the same manner and under the same procedures as provided in Article 2. Chapter 40 of the General Statutes. For the purpose of condemnation, the determination of the Board of Trustees as to the amount of land to be taken and the necessity therefore shall be conclusive.

4. Apply the standards and requirements for admission and graduation of students and other standards established by the State Board of Community Colleges.

5. Receive and accept private donations, gifts, bequests, and the like and to apply them or invest them and apply the proceeds for the purposes and upon the terms which the donor may prescribe and which the donor may prescribe and which are consistent with the provisions of State Law and the regulations of the State Board of Community Colleges.

6. Provide all or part of the instructional services for the College by contracting with other public or private educational institutions of the State, according to regulations and standards adopted by the State Board of Community Colleges.

7. Approve the addition or deletion of programs of instruction within the College upon recommendation by the President or his/her designee..

8. Require the execution of such studies and take such steps as are necessary to insure that the functions of the College are always those which are most helpful and feasible in light of the resources available to the College.

9. Adopt current expense and capital outlay budgets.

10. To perform such other acts and do such other things as may be necessary or proper for the exercise of the foregoing specific powers, including the adoption and enforcement of all reasonable rules, regulations and by-laws for the government and operation of the College under the law.

11. Adopt policies for inclusion in the Policies Manual of the Board of Trustees of Edgecombe Community College.