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Thursday, March 31, 2011

Another Closed Session Today at 6:45 PM: Play Guess the Topic!

The Board of Education has been cited before for violating the Maryland Open Meetings Act on the grounds that the topic to be discussed was not disclosed in meeting announcements.  Below is today's Board of Education Closed Meeting announcement.

Here's what the Open Meetings Compliance Board said in 2009:
The Open Meetings Compliance Board cited the MCPS Board of Education for a violation of $10-508(d)(2)(ii) of the Open Meetings Act. The Open Meetings Board opinion states that in order to close a meeting of the MCPS Board of Education, the Board must, 
"not simply cite the statutory authority, but must disclose the topic of discussion in order to allow the public to access compliance by comparing the cited authority and report topic."..."Here the written statement provided the public no information except that the meeting was closed, among other reasons, for the County Board to receive legal advice. Thus, in closing the meeting of September 9, the County Board violated $10-508(d)(2)(ii)."
Here's today's Board of Education Closed Session Meeting announcement.
Do you think it complies with the Open Meetings Act?
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