Environmental & Healthcare Legislative Watch50 States · D.C. · U.S. Congress
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The purpose of this bill is to require each county board of education to ensure that all of its meetings are open to the public through in-person attendance and that the audio and video of its meetings are broadcast live to the public through an internet link on its website. The bill requires each county board to ensure that the audio and video is recorded and that the recording is also available through a link on its website. The bill allows meeting to continue if the live broadcast experiences a technical interruption in which the stream is discontinued or digitally interrupted. The bill provides exception for executive session. The bill allows each county board to make and enforce reasonable rules for attendance and presentation at any meeting where there is not room enough for all members of the public who wish to attend. The bill requires the county board, if providing opportunity for the public to address the school board at a meeting, to ensure that any person expressing an interest in speaking has the opportunity in compliance with adopted procedures. The bill requires that speakers are treated equally. The bill requires that a draft of the minutes of each public board meeting include a record of the votes cast by each board member on all substantive matters and be posted to the website within two business days. The bill establishes the duration in which the approved minutes shall remain on the website. Finally, the bill removes the option for a county board to join the National School Board Association.
