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Board moves updated policy on legal counsel to third reading after discussion of conflicts language
Summary
After legal counsel reviewed proposed amendments to Board Policy 9124 to address conferral authority and potential conflicts for in-house and outside counsel, the board voted to send the policy to a third reading following a motion and roll-call vote.
Legal counsel walked trustees through proposed redlined changes to Board Policy 9124, explaining additions that clarify the county superintendent and board president's authority to confer certain honors and proposed language that contemplates how the board would respond if legal counsel were to have a conflict of interest. Counsel noted the proposed language is intentionally fact-specific and could be refined or moved to a consolidated section for all counsel.
Trustee Cohen Thompson moved to send the amendments to a third reading; Trustee Cheek seconded the motion. The chair called for a roll-call vote and the motion passed. Trustees discussed whether the conflict language should apply equally to in-house and outside special counsel and agreed to review suggested refinements in the next iteration before final adoption.
