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Nebraska State Board debates informal ethics standard for members' legislative testimony
Summary
Board members debated whether individual members may testify or send written testimony on education bills without using a disclaimer and without implying they speak for the full board; discussion produced no formal rule change but a call to add disclaimers to written communications.
The Nebraska State Board of Education spent more than an hour debating whether individual members should sign legislative testimony or mass emails without disclaimers saying they do not speak for the full board.
Board President Elizabeth Tegmeier opened the discussion at the request of Board Member Deborah Neri, noting that past iterations of the board have followed an unwritten standard that members not testify in opposition to a formal board position. Tegmeier said she had consulted the attorney general’s office and was advised that members retain free-speech rights but should take care…
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