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Cedar Hill ISD board cites Texas Open Meetings Act sections before entering closed session
Summary
The board read the statutory grounds authorizing a closed meeting under the Texas Open Meetings Act (Texas Government Code Chapter 551), convened into closed session at 06:38, returned to open session at 09:24, and adjourned at 09:25.
Before convening a closed meeting, the presiding officer read the statutory sections that would authorize a closed session, citing attorney consultation, personnel deliberations, real-property negotiations, security deliberations, and student information as possible subjects. The presiding officer said the board may declare itself in a closed meeting "authorized by the Texas Open Meeting Act, Texas Government Code Sections 551.001 through 551.146."
The board then went into closed session at 06:38. The meeting returned to open session at 09:24 and members moved to adjourn; the meeting adjourned at 09:25. The presiding officer’s reading establishes the legal basis under state law for the closed session topics described on the record.
