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BEC - EXECUTIVE SESSIONS

All meetings of the School Board shall be open to the public, except as provided by law.law, and all persons shall be permitted to attend public meetings. The Board may hold executive sessions upon recorded vote of 3/5 of the members present and voting. Deliberations may be conducted in executive session only on those matters defined by law or other authority. No final action shall be taken in executive session. Board members and other persons present are expected to respect the confidentiality of all matters discussed in executive session.

AAny motion to go into executive session mustshall indicate the prescise nature of the business of the executive session and include a citation of one or more sources of statutory or other authority that permits an executive session. FailureDeliberations tomay statebe allconducted authorities justifying thein executive session doesonly noton constitutethose amatters violationdefined by law. No final action shall be taken in executive session. By its very natures, the subject matter of executive sessions is highly confidential. Board members and other persons present will respect the Freedomconfidentiality of Accessall Actmatters if one or more of the authorities are accurately citeddiscussed in the motion. An inaccurate citation of authority for an executive session does not violate the Freedom of Access Act if valid authority that permits the executive session exists and the failure to cite the valid authority was inadvertent.session.

  • 1 MRSA § 401 et seq. (Freedom of Access Act)
  • 1 MRSA § 405 (Executive Sessions)

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Adopted

  • REPLACING PREVIOUS BEC: March 8, 2005

Revised:

  • April 9, 2013
  • May 13, 2025

 

 

 

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