BOARD PROCEEDINGS
Tentative agendas for official board meetings shall be submitted to board members and news media at least 24 hours in advance of regularly scheduled board meetings. Information necessary for consideration of items on the agenda shall also be made available to Board members when possible.
All official proceedings of the Board shall be made a matter of public record and shall be open for inspection on demand of the public during regular office hours. The minutes of regularly scheduled board meetings shall be a matter of public record and shall be furnished to each member of the Board of Directors.
The board shall keep the members of the school district community informed about the actions taken at board meetings. The proceedings of each open board meeting will be published in a newspaper designated as a newspaper for official publication within two weeks of the date of the meeting.
It shall be the responsibility of the board secretary to publish in concert with this policy. It shall also be the responsibility of the board secretary to develop administrative regulations, if necessary in the board secretary’s judgment, to carry out this policy.
Legal Reference: Iowa Code Sections 21, 22, 279.35 - .36, 291.6, 618.3
(1987 as amended by H.F. 499, 72nd G.A. 1st Sess.).
Attorney General Rulings O.A. G. June 16, 1971 (Johnston);
O.A.G. 1968, p. 656; O.A.G. April 20, 1979 (Menke)
Court Cases: Widmer v. Reitzler 182 N.W. 2d 177;
Dobrovolny v. Reinhardt 173 N.W. 2d 837
Cross Reference: 204.7 Notice for Meetings
Adopted: April 14, 1986
Reviewed: January 11, 1988
March 20, 2000
October 18, 2004
April 19, 2010
May 18, 2015
Revised: February 8, 1988