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Broward County school board debates whether members may introduce motions at meeting end; counsel outlines limits
Summary
Board members debated whether they may make motions or direct the superintendent at the end of a meeting without an agenda item, with General Counsel advising that state law does not bar motions but that district policy (10.20) and the scope of staff time can require formal agenda items; members asked the superintendent to review hiring practices and consider returning the policy to a workshop.
Board members at the March 24 special meeting of the Broward County school board engaged in an extended discussion about whether members can introduce motions — or direct the superintendent — at the end of a meeting when the subject is not on the published agenda.
The exchange began when a board member asked the superintendent to prepare a formal report on hiring practices and suggested a roughly three‑month turnaround. The chair then asked General Counsel Kathy Dupree Bruno whether motions or directives outside of agenda items are permissible. Dupree Bruno said there is no absolute legal barrier to making motions, but that…
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