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Acton-Agua Dulce board reviews CSBA-recommended changes to remote-meeting rules; SB 707 noted
Summary
Staff summarized CSBA revisions to bylaw 9320 and new 9320.1, explaining definitions for remote attendance, a ban on serial communications among a majority of board members, and SB 707 'just cause' rules that limit certain remote meetings beginning 07/01/2026.
Dr. De Jesus, chair of the Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District board, presided over a discussion in which a staff member outlined proposed updates from the California School Boards Association to bylaw 9320 (meetings and notices) and the new 9320.1 covering remote participation.
The staff member explained that the draft prohibits "a majority of the board [from] us[ing] a series of communications of any kind including official or personal social media accounts to discuss, deliberate, or take actions of any matter." The staff member also told the board that SB 707 creates a "just cause" category for remote attendance (childcare, contagious illness, travel, military service and similar circumstances) that takes effect 07/01/2026 and that certain forms of remote participation will require roll-call votes and two-way audio-visual public access. "I think it's a great change and a much needed change," Dr. De Jesus said when the limits and accommodations were described.
The staff member noted other proposed protections: no board meeting may be held in a facility that bars admittance on the basis of ancestry or other protected characteristics, and locations that are inaccessible to people with disabilities would be disallowed. The presentation emphasized procedural safeguards—agenda postings, public-access requirements for traditional remote meetings, and documentation of remote attendance in the minutes—rather than immediate board action. No formal motion or vote appears in the transcript.
