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Bullard ISD sets public-comment rules at special meeting
Summary
Agenda language at the Feb. 23, 2026 Bullard ISD special meeting spells out a five-minute limit for each public speaker, requires sign-up, and bars personally identifiable information about employees or students; speakers who violate the rule must stop and exit the boardroom.
The Bullard ISD agenda for the Feb. 23, 2026 special meeting includes a detailed open-forum statement specifying public-comment procedures and restrictions. "The Board shall allot 5 minutes for each person who desires to make comments to the Board," the agenda reads, and it requires speakers to sign up on arrival and indicate their topic.
The agenda explicitly prohibits personally identifiable information about employees or students during public comment and states that if a speaker references a specific employee or student their time will end immediately and they will be required to leave the boardroom. The agenda further states that the board may provide factual information or cite existing policy in response to inquiries but will not deliberate or decide on matters not listed on the posted agenda. The transcript shows these rules as part of the official open-forum language on the meeting packet; no public commenters or comments are recorded in the provided transcript.
