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Board member warns late state approval could violate Open Meetings Law
Summary
A board member questioned whether state approval of the meeting agenda arrived after the 4:00 p.m. deadline, which the member said could render tonight’s actions void under the Open Meetings Law; the board approved the agenda with corrections and proceeded.
A board member raised a potential Open Meetings Law problem at the Upshur County Board of Education meeting after noting the state department’s emailed approval of the agenda appeared to arrive after 4:00 p.m.
The board member said the email timestamp showed 4:06 p.m. and warned, “If they're after 04:00, it did not meet the Open Meetings Law,” adding that a late approval could make the night’s actions…
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