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Richmond Community Schools panel debates agenda language, public-comment process
Summary
Committee reviewed proposed Policy 0166 (Agenda) and discussed removing language perceived as discouraging public participation; legal counsel urged relying on statute rather than repeating it in policy and the committee agreed to remove a paragraph and send the revised policy to the board for first reading.
Richmond Community Schools policy committee members debated proposed revisions to Policy 0166 (Agenda) and whether to retain a paragraph that describes the meeting as not a "public community meeting," language some members said could discourage public participation.
Committee members said the paragraph was new and unclear; one board member asked why it was added and whether it came from Neola, the vendor supplying updated model policies. Legal counsel said state law already requires the district to allow public comment before any final action and that the policy need not repeat…
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