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District 20 adopts stricter board-meeting decorum policy after months of dispute
Summary
The school board voted to adopt redlined revisions to governance process policy GP 4.4 that add specific limits on disruptive behavior during meetings, including language restricting applause and other demonstrations; the change prompted extended public comment and objections from parents and speakers who called the revision retaliatory.
The Academy School District 20 Board of Education on March 17 adopted revisions to governance policy GP 4.4 that spell out decorum rules for board meetings, including new language the board said is intended to prevent material disruptions during public comment.
Board members who supported the change said the revisions codify existing meeting expectations — for example, allowing the president to interrupt or terminate remarks that are unrelated to district business or disruptive to an orderly meeting — and to clarify procedures if a meeting must be recessed. Detractors in public comment said the changes would chill protected speech and singled out measures that could…
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