Valley Center board adopts KASB policy updates on livestreaming and public records

The Valley Center School Board voted 7-0 to adopt a set of KASB policy changes meant to align district rules with recent amendments to the Kansas Open Meetings Act and the Kansas Open Records Act.

The revisions include a new interpretation that meetings of a board-created subcommittee become subject to the Open Meetings Act when a majority of that subcommittee meets. The policy package also addresses voluntary livestreaming: if the board chooses to livestream a meeting, the district must make all aspects of the open meeting available on the chosen medium (excluding executive session), though an unintentional technical failure or an action by a service…