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Board study session stresses Brown Act risks for email, text and social media
Summary
Board members were reminded that serial electronic communications about agendized matters can violate the Brown Act; the board discussed adding government code citations to the draft bylaw regulating electronic communications.
At a Feb. 4 San Marino Unified School District study session staff reviewed proposed updates to Board Bylaw 9012 governing board member electronic communications and warned that certain electronic exchanges can create unlawful “serial meetings” under the Brown Act.
Presenter Dr. Teritori explained common examples: an individual board member’s email exchange that sequentially contacts other members about a forthcoming agendized…
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