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Trustees approve revised bylaw on contracting legal counsel after public concerns about transparency and superintendent authority
Summary
After extended public comment and trustee debate over whether evaluations of legal counsel should be mandatory (‘shall’) or discretionary (‘may’), the board voted 4‑1 to adopt a CSBA‑based draft of bylaw 9124 with an added clause allowing specialized counsel in an emergency.
The board spent substantial time on a proposed revision to bylaw 9124, which governs contracting legal counsel. Public commenters and some trustees pressed for greater transparency and stronger board oversight, arguing that language change from 'shall' to 'may' reduced the board’s role in evaluating counsel.
Multiple public speakers asked the board to preserve the prior requirement that legal counsel be periodically…
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