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Board says no closed session requested; discipline hearing held openly under Open Meetings Act reference
Summary
President Jeske told the board the parent or student had not requested a closed hearing under Michigan Open Meetings Act Section 8(b), so the Feb. 24 discipline hearing proceeded in open session. The board later recorded it did not enter closed session.
During the Feb. 24 special meeting, President Jeske announced a motion to enter a closed session under Section 8(b) of the Michigan Open Meetings Act to consider student discipline but said the board had not received a request from the parent or student for a closed hearing. She stated, “Therefore, the hearing will proceed in open session.”
Minutes record that the board did not enter closed session and that the closed-session item was not applicable. The minutes reference Michigan Open Meetings Act Section 8(b) as the basis for the proposed closed-session motion and record procedural steps before the board returned to business in open session.
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