When to Review Independent School Bylaws (video clip)

Summary

Every nonprofit corporation is required to have bylaws - and those bylaws set the rules for how the organization is governed at a high level. In this video, Karen Wolfe explains why bylaws are the foundation of a board’s governance work and why board members should actually know what their bylaws say.

She walks through the kinds of questions bylaws are meant to answer - how meetings are called, how votes are taken, how notice is given, and how the board ensures it is following its own rules. Karen also explains why bylaws should be treated as a living document and reviewed regularly, with best practice being a board-level review every two to three years to ensure legal compliance and alignment with how the board actually operates.

(Video clip featuring Karen Wolfe)
(audio-only version available on our podcast, “Independent School Matters”)