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Board questions summer legal bills; members cite House Bill 2606 but say enforcement questions remain
Summary
Board members pressed staff about recent large legal invoices — including a July charge of about $17,835 tied to a case described as an injunction — and discussed whether state changes in HB 2606 will reduce duplicative due-process hearings; administration said the law may help but enforcement and training of hearing officers remain uncertain.
Powhatan County School Board members spent part of their Aug. 12 meeting pressing school attorneys and administration for more detail about summer legal bills and the division’s strategy for reducing future legal costs.
Board members reviewed recent invoices from the firm Sands Anderson and other legal expenses. A July invoice for approximately $17,835 was discussed repeatedly; staff said the item related to a case involving duplicative due-process hearings and a request for an injunction. Board members asked whether the passage of House Bill 2606…
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