LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - A search committee charged with recommending a new general counsel for the Lafayette Parish School Board wants the full board to look at revising the policy that gave the committee the authority to recommend lawyers.
The search committee includes five board members - board President Hunter Beasley, board Vice President Tommy Angelle, Kermit Bouillion, Rae Trahan and Mark Cockerham - and Superintendent Pat Cooper.
Some committee members said the policy creating the committee is vague and confusing because it states the committee shall have five voting members, but doesn’t designate which committee members get a vote.
The policy designates that all assistant superintendents also may serve on the committee, but only in an advisory capacity. No other advisory capacity is given to other committee members, according to the policy.
The Advocate reports (https://bit.ly/1lF7bLA ) the board will review the policy at its next regular meeting scheduled May 7.
The search committee’s first meeting last month was brief - only 20 minutes - and committee members discussed a tentative timeline of July to make a recommendation to the full school board of at least two top firms for the job.
The committee decided Tuesday to continue reviewing its existing request for proposals for legal services and to meet again to devise a request for proposals.
The committee next meets again on May 14.
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Information from: The Advocate, https://theadvocate.com
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