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Board hears Open Meetings Act, public-comment changes and new annual financial-disclosure requirement
Summary
Legal counsel reviewed the Utah Open and Public Meetings Act updates, public-comment requirements, rules for electronic and emergency meetings, GRAMA record rules for board emails and texts, closed-session purposes, and House Bill 80’s new annual financial-disclosure requirement for school-board members.
The board received a detailed training on open-meeting rules, public comment, electronic meeting procedures and a newly mandated annual financial-disclosure form for school-board members during the Jan. 7 meeting.
Legal counsel reviewed key obligations under the Utah Open and Public Meetings Act: agendas must be posted at least 24 hours in a publicly accessible place and on the state public notice website; boards must adopt an annual meeting schedule; and state law now requires school boards to provide opportunities for public comment in business meetings and to adopt written procedures for both oral and written public comments. Counsel said the statutory carve-out for work sessions and emergency meetings…
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