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Bill to allow remote attendance for school board members discussed; sponsor will seek further drafting
Summary
House Bill 83 would let school board members attend meetings remotely for limited reasons such as health or military deployment and count toward quorum. Committee members raised concerns about scope, pregnancy/postpartum language and local control; the sponsor committed to draft amendments and to seek signatures to move the bill forward.
Representative Wilson Anton presented House Bill 83, which would ‘‘require school boards to allow members to attend school board meetings via remote method under certain limited circumstances related to health or military deployments,’’ she told the committee. The bill would treat a member who participates electronically under enumerated circumstances as present for quorum and votes.
Committee members asked whether the bill should mirror legislative rules and whether allowances would be too broad. Representative…
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