Brown Act/Board Meeting

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Posting of the agenda
Whether standing committees are subject to the Brown Act
Whether the names and specific personnel transactions can be listed on general meeting Agendas
Closed session regarding student suspension or discipline and suggested notice of closed session meeting to student/parents
Claim filed by teacher, California Tort Claims Act and Board closed session under Government Code 54956.9
Brown Act requirements
Brown Act closed sessions for layoffs - may a community college district hold discussions about employee layoffs in closed session?
Serial meetings and discussion between board members relating to the Brown Act
Brown Act agenda item for public employment of interim superintendent/president
Brown Act obligations
How long must a board member be incapacitated by illness for a vacancy to occur and the procedure for filling such a vacancy
Whether a board member incapacitate by illness may participate in a board meeting via teleconference
The Brown Act and public criticism
School board rules and policies
Proper closed session discussions regarding the effects of a potential release of current superintendent
Need for the architect selection committee to comply with the Brown Act
Minutes of closed session board meeting: what are the requirements of maintaining minutes of closed session board meetings
Propriety of conducting closed session of the district’s governing board to discuss matters relating to the selection of a new site for a school campus
Short Questions and Answer: Brown Act requires that any meeting of a majority of a legislative body, such as a school board, be open to the public. Format allows for input by members of the public regarding the agenda and items under discussion
Judge order to board to court for settlement conference. How does the board comply with the Brown Act regarding this meeting?
Whether district should disclose closed session proceedings - whether obligated to provide records and materials
Concerns of conduct by board members as it relates to their service on the board: meeting requirements; conflict of interest with relative/spouse; confidentiality
District’s rights to prevent unauthorized disclosure of information from closed session by board members
Authorization for school district governing board to censure one of its members for general misconduct, including unauthorized disclosure of closed meeting matters protected from disclosure under the Brown Act
The Brown Act - Dissemination of information from closed session board meetings
Closed session to confront board member and prohibit member from divulging notes from closed session meetings
Employee not entitled to open session regarding specific complaints if closed session is to determine whether charges justify disciplinary action and are not to hear evidence on the charges
Brown Act closed session agenda requirements
Failure to publicly report action taken during closed session meeting
Use of school fax machine for private communications
Closed session agenda; dismissal/discipline of classified employee
Closed session of school board
Whether the personnel report used by the board for closed session deliberation must be released to the public prior to the closed session? and whether the board must vote on each item of the consent calendar separately?
CTA claims concerning the Brown Act and Education Code section 49097
Whether the academic standards committee must comply with the Ralph M. Brown Act? Whether the college district’s use of certain non-evaluative symbols is proper? Whether the academic senate has exclusive jurisdiction over the academic standards committee?
Opinion re Ralph M. Brown Act
Attorney General Opinion regarding supervisors' executive session concerning job performance or salaries of county personnel
Are meetings of the academic senate or faculty council of a California community college subject to the open meeting requirements of the Ralph M. Brown Act
Whether having two board members meet with the teachers association is a violation of the Brown Act
Closed session meeting to accept and act upon the resignation of a college district employee and announcement in open meeting
Right of access to messages left on voice mail
California Housing Finance Agency; California Public Records Act
Pending litigation exception to the Brown Act for closed session
Closed city counsel discussions
Secret meeting law
Public records disclosure and attorney-client privilege
Procedural manual - Steps to follow when noticing a school board meeting. [Workshop on Noticing Board Meetings--Brown Act]
Board resolution for keeping of closed session minutes [Gov't Code § 54957.2]
Whether the Governing Board is required without exception to hold a regular meeting at least once a month
What are the consequences of school board's failure to publicly report an action taken at a closed session which dismissed a public employee from his employment; specifically, whether such failure invalidates the dismissal [Gov't Code § 54957.1]
Criminal Proceedings Pursuant to the Brown Act - Seriousness of a public board improperly engaging during closed session in discussion of subjects which must be considered during open session
Board evaluation of superintendent
Whether the district governing board may meet with the entire high school faculty in executive session to discuss and evaluate individual faculty members in their enforcement of board rules and regulations
Does an individual have an absolute right to speak at each regular Board meeting? Can the Board of Trustees regulate the speech of any individual speaking at the public agenda on the basis of its content?
Whether a governing board is required to give notice of all meetings of all committees related to board activities to the news media requesting such notice and to the public in general?

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