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Board cites Illinois Open Meetings Act to justify closed session on personnel, negotiations and student discipline
Summary
At the April 23 Committee of the Whole meeting, the Jacksonville School District #117 board voted to enter closed session at 6:32 p.m., explicitly citing 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1), (2), (9), (11) and (21) as the statutory bases for deliberations on personnel, collective bargaining, student discipline, litigation and minutes review.
During the April 23, 2025 Committee of the Whole meeting, Mrs. Wilson moved, seconded by Mr. Lonergan, "to adjourn to Closed Session at 6:32," and the minutes list the specific statutory bases for the closed session: 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1) (personnel actions), 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2) (collective negotiating matters and salary schedules), 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(9) (student disciplinary cases), 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11) (litigation) and 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(21) (discussion or approval of minutes lawfully closed). The motion passed unanimously.
The minutes record no further detail about matters discussed in closed session or any formal actions taken there. The board returned to open session at 6:57 p.m. by a unanimous vote and subsequently adjourned the meeting the same evening.
