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Alachua school board debates sharper limits, signature rules for public comment
Summary
Board members at an April 16 workshop argued over a proposed rewrite of the district's public participation policy that would set fixed time limits, require advance sign-up and allow the board to cap total public-comment time.
At a workshop on April 16, the Alachua County School Board debated proposed changes to its public participation policy that would fix per-speaker limits, require people to sign up before the meeting and let the board set a maximum total time for public comment.
The district's staff presented a draft that would cut many speakers to two minutes, with progressively shorter times if large numbers sign up, and a 45-minute cap for the second public-comment period. "When I'm looking at here ... it keeps much of it the same, but ... this goes to 2 minutes," Board member Michael Vu said, expressing concern that the draft went "too far in the other direction" and would limit public input.
Other board members supported uniform shorter allotments to…
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