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School board considers changes to public‑comment rules; board asks staff to hold public rule‑making meeting
Summary
The board reviewed proposed changes to how the public speaks and how advisory committees report at meetings, and asked staff to schedule a formal rule‑making meeting so the public can review and challenge the draft before the board votes.
The School Board reviewed proposed revisions to its public‑comment and committee‑report rules at a Jan. 21 workshop and directed staff to hold a public rule‑making meeting to collect formal input before returning with a recommendation.
What staff proposed Communications staff and counsel briefed trustees on several proposed changes: shortening the maximum total speaking allowance for a single person during a meeting from 15 to 10 minutes, allowing speakers to use their allotted minutes on multiple agenda items (5 minutes before consent and 5 minutes before open items in the draft), moving routine committee reports from regular board meetings into workshops with an…
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