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Mar232009

Those dang open meetings. 

AuthorJustin Bathon on DateMonday, March 23, 2009 at 10:37AM

School boards really struggle with the Open Meeting Laws (sometimes called Sunshine Laws). Like this one in Iowa (h/t S.M.).

Here is a compendium of every state's Open Meetings laws.  

Also, most states have a handbook on Open Meetings laws for new board members and most are online. NSBA has some of them here. 

This strikes me as a great opportunity for an instructional video in states. Law firms could really help themselves here because one of the first things a new board member would watch is an instructional video with your name on it. Just saying ... 

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