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BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETINGS
Board of Education meetings shall be a primary means of sharing information with community members and inviting their comments and suggestions. Regular and special meetings of the Board of Education are open to the public and representatives of the media, except when, by resolution at the public meeting, the Board excludes the public from those parts of a meeting which deal with matters held confidential in accordance with law. The Board welcomes participation of interested organizations and individuals and will schedule appropriate times for the public to speak. The length of time scheduled for public discussion shall be stated in the agenda together with any time limits proposed for individual speakers.
The chairperson shall elicit comments and questions at the end of regular meetings which may deal with any topic related to the Board's conduct of the schools. Comments at special meetings must be related to the purpose or the call of the meeting. Advance announcement of all regular, scheduled-special, and specially called meetings of the Board shall be made in designated newspapers and shall include date, time, place and agenda, to the extent known. Date: April 14, 1986 February 12, 2001, First Reading August 27, 2001 Approved Legal References: N.J.S.A. 10:4-6 et seq. Open Public Meetings Act N.J.S.A. 18A:10-6 Board meetings public; frequency; hours of commencement; adjournment, etc., for lack of quorum N.J.S.A. 18A:22-10 Fixing day, etc., for public hearing N.J.S.A. 18A:23-5 Meeting of board; discussion of report N.J.A.C. 6:3-1.6 Reporting and staffing of school Districts N.J.A.C. 6:8-2.1 Reporting requirements N.J.A.C. 6:8-2.2 School-level planning N.J.A.C. 6A:14-1-1.1 et seq. Special Education N.J.A.C. 6A-30-1.1 et sec. Evaluation of the performance of school See particularly: N.J.A.C. 6:A:30-2.4, -3.1 N.J.S.A. 10:4-8d Requirements for notice of special meetings.agenda Witt v. Gloucester County Board of Chosen Freeholders 97 N.J. 422, 432-33, (1983) Crifasi V. Oakland Governing Board, 145 N.J. Super. 182, 186 (App. Div. 1978) - detailing the actual purpose of the meeting Possible Cross References: 1100 Communicating with the public 1315 Distribution of materials to pupils and staff 2240 Research, evaluation and planning 3100 Budget planning, preparation and adoption 3570 District records and reports 3571.4 Audit 5145.5 Photographs of pupils 6142.2 English as a second language; bilingual/bicultural 6142.6 Basic skills 6171.1 Remedial instruction 6171.3 At-risk and Title 1 6171.4 Special education 9322 Public and executive sessions 9323/9324 Agenda preparation/advance delivery of meeting material 9326 Minutes Other Reasons: N.J.S.A. 10:4-6 et seq. requires the board to conduct its business at an open public meeting with certain exceptions N.J.S.A. 18A:23-5 requires the board to discuss the recommendations of the auditor at a public meeting N.J.A.C. 6:8-2.1 lists the components of the quality assurance report that must be provided to the public annually at a regular board meeting N.J.A.C. 6A:30-2.4(c) requires that the Board of Education in Level I monitoring to, within 60 days of receipt of the written report, discuss findings of the evaluation team at a regular or special Board meeting Key Words Board of Education Meetings, Reporting to the Public, Communicating with the Public, Confidentiality |
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