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Keller ISD invokes Texas Open Meetings Act for superintendent deliberations
Summary
The board cited Tex. Gov't Code §§ 551.071 and 551.074 when moving to executive session to consult legal counsel and deliberate personnel matters related to the superintendent's voluntary separation and the interim superintendent terms.
Before recessing to executive session, the board chair announced the statutory basis under the Texas Open Meetings Act: consultation with legal counsel (Tex. Gov't Code § 551.071) and deliberations regarding personnel matters (Tex. Gov't Code § 551.074). The chair explicitly stated the executive session would cover the superintendent voluntary resignation agreement and the interim superintendent’s employment terms.
The board left for executive session at 9:25 a.m. and returned to open session at 10:29 a.m., at which point the board took two separate actions in open session: approval of the superintendent voluntary separation agreement (6-0) and approval of the interim superintendent agreement (4-2). The chair read the statutory citations into the record prior to closing the open meeting.
The transcript does not include detailed public-recorded minutes of the executive-session deliberations (as expected); trustees who spoke after the session offered personal statements but did not disclose negotiation details or contract figures during open session.
