Beginning with brief descriptions of the statutory duties of school board presidents and clerks, as well as of boards and administrators in teacher hearing procedures, this handbook is intended to serve as a guide for administrators, local board presidents, clerks, and secretaries in recording board of education meetings. Following chapter 1's brief introduction to types of board meetings, chapter 2 discusses in detail the clerks'/secretaries' duties before, during, and after the meetings. Chapters 3-5 contain step-by-step information on the writing, typing, and disposition of board minutes. The handbook ends with a glossary of parliamentary terms, a section of eight appendixes comprising roughly two-thirds of the document's total length (including samples of agendas, advance notices, statements of compliance, minutes, resolutions, proclamations, and indexes), and a brief bibliography. (JBM)