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Committee sends proposal to restore broader public comment at school board meetings to amendment process
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Senate Bill 1007 would remove language that limits public comment to agenda items at school board meetings. The Senate Education Committee agreed to send the measure to the fourteenth order for possible amendment after competing testimony from parents and the Idaho School Boards Association.
BOISE — The Senate Education Committee on Tuesday referred Senate Bill 1007 to the fourteenth order for possible amendment after a lengthy hearing that included parents, trustees and the Idaho School Boards Association.
Sponsor Senator Cindy Carlson (R-District 7) described SB 1007 as a cleanup bill that would remove a sentence added last year limiting public comment to items listed on the meeting agenda. Carlson said some districts deny patrons the ability to speak at meetings when their topics are not on the posted agenda and that the change would restore community members' ability to raise issues in public comment.
"This is...really a cleanup bill trying to allow the public to comment," Carlson said, adding that the change would give residents a way to raise…
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