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Committee sends public-comment bill to amendment order after wide testimony for and against
Summary
Senate Bill 1007, a cleanup bill that would remove language limiting public comment at school board meetings to agenda items, was sent to the fourteenth order for possible amendment following testimony from parents, trustees and the Idaho School Boards Association.
The Senate Education Committee voted to send Senate Bill 1007 to the fourteenth order for possible amendment after more than an hour of testimony from parents, school board members and the Idaho School Boards Association about whether public comment at school board meetings should be restricted to agenda items.
Senator Cindy Carlson, the bill sponsor, described the draft as a “cleanup” to remove a sentence that some districts use to bar public comment unless an item is listed on the agenda. Carlson said districts were using that language to prevent patrons from addressing school boards and to stop members of the public from communicating with board members outside meetings.
Several parents and local board members told the committee they rely on the ability to speak to school boards about topics not listed on the published agenda.…
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