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Brevard school board moves non‑agenda public comment to end of meetings, votes to stop televising those remarks
Summary
The Brevard Public Schools board voted unanimously Jan. 21 to separate agenda from non‑agenda public comments and to not televise the non‑agenda portion, following legal advice after a recent federal appellate decision.
The Brevard Public Schools Board of Education voted unanimously Wednesday to separate agenda items from non‑agenda public comment and to hold non‑agenda remarks at the end of meetings without being televised.
Board chair opened discussion after a workshop earlier in the week prompted concern about how to comply with a recent Eleventh Circuit decision. Board attorney advised that the district could “bifurcate the two different non agenda versus agenda, and then take the non agenda to the end and not televised.”
That advice led to an…
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