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Mesa board adopts revised Rules of Order after debate on informal pre-vote discussion
Summary
The Governing Board voted 5-0 to adopt Policy 1-301 (Rules of Order) with language allowing the board president discretion to permit up to 10 minutes of informal discussion; members debated whether a motion and second should be required to begin discussion.
The Mesa Public Schools Governing Board voted 5-0 Tuesday to adopt revisions to Policy 1-301, the district’s Rules of Order, after an extended discussion about whether board members may begin informal discussion of an item before a formal motion and second.
The adopted language permits the board president to allow up to 10 minutes of informal discussion on an agenda item prior to a formal motion "if requested by any member of the board for the purpose of clarification, understanding of the issues." Several board members raised procedural concerns about that allowance.
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