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Committee enters executive session for student disciplinary hearing under cited statutes
Summary
At the end of its public meeting the Lewiston School Committee voted to enter executive session to conduct a student disciplinary hearing under statutory references read into the record.
LEWISTON, Maine — At the close of Monday’s meeting the Lewiston School Committee voted to enter executive session to conduct a student disciplinary hearing.
The chair read the legal basis into the record, citing “title 20 a 10019 and title 14056 b” as the authority for an executive session related to student discipline. A member moved, the motion was seconded, and the committee voted to enter executive session.
Why it matters: Discipline hearings involving students are typically conducted in executive session to protect student privacy under state law. The public portion of the meeting closed and the committee moved off the record for the statutory procedure.
What’s next: The committee held the confidential hearing in executive session; no details of the hearing were disclosed in public session.
