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ASBA trains Higley board on roles, open-meeting rules and public-comment options
Summary
At a special session, the Arizona School Boards Association delivered training on the legal division of duties between school boards and superintendents, Arizona open-meeting law and public-comment practices; the board asked district cabinet to present options for formalizing proxy and public-participation rules.
Julie Bacon, director of leadership development for the Arizona School Boards Association, told the Higley Unified School District governing board that state law draws a clear line between the board’s duties and the superintendent’s authority.
“When we talk about the senior leadership team of a school district or the governance team, we are talking about the board with the superintendent,” Bacon said, adding that Arizona Revised Statutes §§15-341 and 15-342 list duties boards cannot delegate.
Why it matters: The training framed questions the board has been discussing — how the board, superintendent and cabinet share responsibilities, and how to run meetings so the public sees governing decisions happen in the open.
Bacon reviewed Arizona’s open-meeting requirements and practical limits…
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