2013 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 79 - SCHOOLS
79-569 - Class I, II, III, IV, or VI school district; president; powers and duties.

79-569. Class I, II, III, IV, or VI school district; president; powers and duties.

The president of the school board of a Class I, II, III, IV, or VI school district shall: (1) Preside at all meetings of the district; (2) countersign all orders upon the treasury for money to be disbursed by the district and all warrants of the secretary on the county treasurer for money raised for district purposes or apportioned to the district by the county treasurer; (3) administer the oath to the secretary and treasurer of the district when such an oath is required by law in the transaction of the business of the district; and (4) perform such other duties as may be required by law of the president of the board. He or she is entitled to vote on any issue that may come before any meeting. If the president of the school board of a Class I school district is absent from any district meeting, the legal voters present may elect a suitable person to preside at the meeting.

Source

Laws 1881, c. 78, subdivision IV, § 1, p. 345;
Laws 1901, c. 63, § 5, p. 439;
Laws 1909, c. 120, § 1, p. 460;
R.S.1913, § 6763;
C.S.1922, § 6304;
C.S.1929, § 79-401;
R.S.1943, § 79-401;
Laws 1949, c. 256, § 91, p. 723;
R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-452;
Laws 1996, LB 900, § 322;
Laws 1997, LB 345, § 25;
Laws 1999, LB 272, § 76;
Laws 2009, LB549, § 21.

Cross References

For form of oath, see sections 11-101 and 11-101.01.

Annotations

It is duty of president to countersign all warrants. Fulk v. School District No. 8 of Lancaster County, 155 Neb. 630, 53 N.W.2d 56 (1952).

School district warrant not countersigned by the moderator is not a valid instrument. Pollock v. Consolidated School District No. 65 of Perkins County, 138 Neb. 315, 293 N.W. 108 (1940).