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[ ] Yes [ ]No

Ars†36-1674 prohibited acts; classification

Does the Governing Board ensure that no one applies lead-based paint to any surface in any area which is readily accessible to children under seven years of age?

[ ] Yes [ ]No

Ars title 38

Ars†38-421 stealing, destroying, altering, or secreting public records; classification

Does the district ensure that no district person having custody of any record, map or book, filed or deposited or placed in the person's hands for any reason, steals, or knowingly and without lawful authority destroys, mutilates, defaces, alters, falsifies, removes, or secretes the whole or any part thereof?

ARS 15-504 in Chapter 5 also deals with oath of office.

[ ] Yes [ ]No

Ars†38-431.01 meetings shall be open to the public

Are all meetings of the Governing Board public meetings and are all persons so desiring permitted to attend and listen to the deliberations and proceedings?

Except for subcommittees and advisory committees, does the Governing Board provide for the taking of written minutes or a recording of all their meetings, including executive sessions?

Does the Governing Board ensure that such minutes or recordings, except for executive sessions, include, but are not limited to

  1. The date, time, and place of the meeting
  2. The members of the Board recorded as either present or absent
  3. A general description of the matters discussed
  4. An accurate description of all legal actions proposed, discussed, or taken, and the names of members who pro
  5. pose each motion, and do the minutes also include the names of the persons, as given, making statements or pre
  6. senting material to the public body and a reference to the legal action about which they made statements or presented material

Executive Meetings should include:

  • 1. The date, time and place of the meeting
  • 2. The members of the Board recorded as either present or absent
  • 3. A general description of matters discussed

Except for executive sessions, are the minutes or a recording of all meetings open to public inspection three working days after the meeting?

Does the Governing Board allow all or any part of a public meeting of a public body to be recorded by any person in attendance by means of a tape recorder, camera or other means of sonic reproduction, provided that there is no active interference with the conduct of the meeting?

Does the Governing Board allow an open call to the public during the meeting, subject to reasonable time, place and manner restrictions to address the body on any issue within the jurisdiction of the Board? At the conclusion of the open call, individual members of the public body may respond to criticism made by those who have addressed the body, may ask staff to review a matter or put the matter on a future agenda.

[ ] Yes [ ]No

Ars†38-431.02 notice of meeting

Does the Governing Board of the school district (1) file a statement with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors stating where all public notices of their meetings will be posted and (2) give such additional public notice as is reasonable and practicable as to all meetings?

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Source:  OpenStax, Arizona school law review, 2nd edition. OpenStax CNX. Oct 11, 2011 Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col11365/1.2
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