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MASB counsel briefs Brighton Area Schools on open-meetings, FOIA and messaging rules
Summary
Brad Banasic, general counsel for the Michigan Association of School Boards, gave a board workshop on public-record obligations, open-meeting limits on member-to-member communications and how directory information may be shared with third parties, followed by board questions about texting and student data.
Brad Banasic, general counsel for the Michigan Association of School Boards, presented a legal overview to the Brighton Area Schools Board of Education on public-record and open-meetings topics including the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), member communications and directory information.
Banasic told the board that the law focuses on the function of a group rather than the formal title when determining whether a gathering is subject to open-meetings rules. He summarized public-record obligations under FOIA and discussed practical examples raised by board members, including email, text messages and directory information shared with third parties such as military recruiters.
The presentation mattered because it outlined what…
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