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Board revises public-input drafts; debate centers on group speakers and profanity enforcement
Summary
At workshop administrators proposed updates to public-input policy and a speaker form. Trustees debated whether group representatives should get longer time and how to handle obscene or threatening speech; staff agreed to remove the proposed extra time for group representatives and to return a revised draft.
The superintendent's workshop considered proposed revisions to the district's public-input policy, speaker form and meeting script. Staff presented edits intended to reflect recent case law and to clarify how the chair should maintain decorum without infringing First Amendment protections.
Policy changes: The draft adds updated statutory citations and an expanded definition of obscene and abusive statements ("language or gestures that are crude, abusive, vulgar, offensive, pornographic, or indecent"), and it proposes a clearer…
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