EXECUTIVE/CLOSED
SESSIONS
The Board shall meet in closed
sessions only for the following purposes:
- To consider the dismissal, suspension, or
disciplining of, or to hear complaints or charges brought against, or
to consider a periodic personnel evaluation of, a public officer,
employee, staff member, or individual agent, if the named person
requests a closed hearing. A person requesting a closed hearing may
rescind the request at any time, in which case the matter at issue
shall be considered thereafter only in open sessions.
- To consider the dismissal, suspension, or
disciplining of a student when the student or the student's parents/
guardian, request a closed hearing.
- For strategy and negotiation sessions connected
with the negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement.
- To consider the purchase or lease of real property
up to the time an option to purchase or lease that real property is
obtained.
- To consult with legal counsel regarding trial or
settlement strategy in connection with specific pending litigation,
but only when an open meeting would have a detrimental financial
effect on the litigating or settlement position of the Board.
- To review the specific content of an application
for employment or appointment to public office when the candidate
requests that the application remain confidential. However, all
interviews by the Board for employment or appointment to public office
shall be held in open meeting.
- To consider material exempt from discussion or
disclosure by state or federal statute.
As a matter of practice, the Board shall convene in
open session prior to adjourning to closed session. Closed
sessions shall be closed to the public and media. The Superintendent or
designee shall attend all closed sessions except those that pertain to
the employment of the Superintendent or designee.
The Board may at the Superintendent's request invite
staff members or others at its discretion to attend such sessions.
Minutes taken during closed sessions shall not be made
public. Board members and any persons attending the session are
duty-bound not to disclose the topic or details of discussions held
during closed sessions. The minutes of closed session meetings shall be
approved at a regular meeting of the Board when each member present for
the closed session has had an opportunity to review them and indicate
that by initialing the minutes.
No official action shall be taken during closed
sessions on matters considered in closed session. Any action taken on
such matters shall be taken in a public meeting and recorded in the
minutes of that meeting.
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