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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 pro­pose each motion, and do the minutes also include the names of the persons, as given, making statements or pre­senting 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 meeting.
  2. The members of the Board 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?

If an executive session will be held, is notice given to the members of the Board, and to the general public, stating the specific provision of law authorizing the executive session?

Notice of executive sessions shall be required to include only a general description of the matters to be considered.

Is at least 24 hours notice given to the members of the Board and to the general public for any meeting except in the following instances?

In case of an actual emergency, a meeting, including an executive session, may be held upon such notice as is appropriate to the circumstances.

If the Board conducts an emergency session, or considers an emergency measure during a previously scheduled meeting, the Board must post a public notice within 24 hours declaring that an emergency session has been held and setting forth the informa­tion required for agendas, including executive sessions.

A meeting may be recessed and resumed with less than 24 hours notice if public notice of the initial session of the meeting is given as required, and if, prior to recessing, notice is publicly given as to the time and place of the resumption of the meeting or the method by which notice shall be publicly given.

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Source:  OpenStax, Arizona education law review: gary emanuel, northern arizona university. OpenStax CNX. Oct 09, 2009 Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col11123/1.6
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