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State board adopts communications policy after debate over when leadership may forward outside correspondence
Summary
After extensive debate over transparency and timeliness, the Utah State Board of Education approved Board Policy 2004 (board member communications), striking a contested paragraph and adopting the policy as amended by a recorded vote.
The Utah State Board of Education approved Board Policy 2004 (board member communications, draft 7) after debate over a provision that would require certain externally addressed policy correspondence to be routed through board leadership before broader distribution. The motion to approve the policy as amended passed by recorded vote: 12 yeses, 1 abstention, 1 no.
Board members debated whether routing correspondence through the board secretary or leadership improves transparency and accountability or creates delay and inhibits timely communications. Member Boggess asked why…
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