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Policy committee removes chair gatekeeping language for board attorney access, votes to revise policy
Summary
The New Hanover County Schools policy committee voted to delete language that required board members to go through the chair before consulting district legal counsel and instructed staff and legal counsel to rework policy 26-10 for committee consideration in March.
The policy committee for New Hanover County Schools voted to remove a provision that had been written to require board members to get the chair’s approval before consulting the district’s legal counsel and instructed staff to return with revised language at the next policy meeting.
The change came after a lengthy discussion of policy 26-10 about when and how board members may contact the board attorney. Committee members said they wanted transparency about attorney contacts but also expressed concern about creating routine written records for everyday policy questions.
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