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Santa Rosa School Board keeps limits on public comment after hour-long debate
Summary
The Santa Rosa County School Board on July 16 held a public hearing on proposed meeting-policy updates and decided not to remove language that would bar public comment on collective-bargaining negotiations or the draft rule that reduces speaker time when more than 20 people sign up.
The Santa Rosa County School Board on July 16 held a public hearing on proposed updates to its meeting and public-comment policies and rejected motions to remove language that would bar public comments on collective-bargaining negotiations and to remove a time reduction when more than 20 people sign up to speak.
Board members and counsel spent more than an hour debating whether the proposed policy would discourage parents and teachers from speaking. “The only thing by law that you have to allow is an opportunity for the public to comment on a proposition before you before you vote on it,” Board Attorney Harmon told members while explaining the board’s discretion…
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