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EXPLAINER: Can my school district prevent the public from commenting at meetings?

Published on September 14, 2017 under CommunityImpact

On three separate occasions within the past month, the Round Rock ISD board of trustees held open meetings without opportunity for public comment. Each of the meetings — one a workshop and two a specially called meeting — were held in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, but some citizens questioned the district’s transparency in this instance. “Since [a trustee’s] resignation, the RRISD Board of Trustees has intentionally and effectively barred citizen commentary at two consecutive ‘called’ meetings—including, it appears, tonight’s meeting,” said David G. Schmidt with Residents for Accountability and Transparency, referring to the meeting called for Sept. […]

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Source: Community Impact- Round Rock

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