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Trustees seek clearer language on committee authority in policies 005 and 006
Summary
Board members raised concerns that current draft language for policies 005 and 006 could be read to let committees 'take official action' rather than render advice; trustees favored editing the sentence and returning the policies for second review in June.
District administrators presented two committee-related policy drafts (005 and 006) at the start of the work session and trustees debated the phrasing that described board committees as being "authorized to take official action or render advice on district business."
One trustee flagged that the sentence could be read either as meaning (a) committees are authorized…
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