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Jasper board holds executive session under 5ILCS 120/2a for personnel matters
Summary
The board voted to enter executive closed session under school board policy 2:220-E2 and 5ILCS 120/2a for personnel issues, later voted to exit and approved the executive session minutes; all motions carried on 4–0 recorded votes with three members absent.
At the May 29, 2025 special meeting the Jasper School Board voted to move into executive closed session citing school board policy 2:220-E2 and Illinois statute 5ILCS 120/2a, which authorizes closed deliberations on certain personnel matters.
The motion "to approve moving into executive closed session in accordance with school board policy 2:220-E2 items #1, the appointment, employment compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the District (5ILCS 120/2a)" was recorded as made by President Josh Zurliene and seconded by Jarad Blanton. The minutes show a roll-call result with Justin Atwood, Jarad Blanton, Josh Zurliene and Wesley Legg voting yes; three members were recorded absent.
After the executive session the board recorded a motion to move out of closed session (moved by Justin Atwood, seconded by Wesley Legg) and then approved the executive session minutes (motion recorded as made by Jarad Blanton and Justin Atwood). All three motions were recorded as passing on the roll-call votes in the minutes; the public record in the minutes does not include further substantive details about what occurred in the executive session itself.
The minutes cite both the board policy and 5ILCS 120/2a in support of the closed-session action. The record does not indicate any public comments or challenges to the invocation of the statutory exception for personnel deliberations.
