Any gathering of a majority of board members, either formal or informational, in which deliberation of a policy matter takes place, is defined as a meeting. All such meetings, unless specifically exempted by the open meetings law are required to have proper notification, public access, open board discussion, voting by board members on the issues properly before the board, and a public record of the proceedings in the form on written minutes. Meetings of the board shall be conducted in an open meeting unless a closed session is authorized by law or the meeting is exempt from the open meetings law.
The following are exempt from the open meetings law:
- gatherings of the board for purely ministerial or social purposes when there is no discussion of policy or no intent to avoid the purposes of the open meetings law;
- collective bargaining negotiating sessions, strategy meetings, mediation, and the deliberative process of arbitration;
- discussions of strategy in matters relating to employment conditions of employees not covered by a collective bargaining agreement;
- a private conference with a probationary teacher to discuss the reasons for the probationary teacher’s termination;
- a private hearing relating to the recommendation to terminate a teacher’s contract;
- a private conference with a probationary administration to discuss the reasons for the probationary administrator’s termination; and
- a private hearing to review the proposed decision of an administrative law judge regarding the termination of an administrator’s contract.
- First Adoption:
- 1982-12-16
- Revision Adoption:
- September 20, 1989/ August 10, 1997/ April 26, 2020
- Reviewed Dates:
- November 26, 2000/ June 22, 2008/ May 27, 2013