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Board votes down restoring broad non'agenda public comment; debate centers on decorum and accountability
Summary
After public commenters urged restoring five-minute non'agenda appearances, the board debated revisions to policy 1.404 that would expand allowed remarks but give the chair authority to terminate abusive or unrelated comments; the first'reading amendment failed 6'to'3 on roll call.
The Sumner County Board of Education on Feb. 21 considered revisions to policy 1.404 concerning appeals and public appearances before the board but voted against the proposed changes on first reading.
The proposed revision would allow individuals seeking to appear before the board to address matters "related to Sumner County Schools" even if those matters were not on the posted agenda, while giving the chair the authority to…
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