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Hold on a second. Explain to me why school board meetings need different rules than any other public meeting of government. What’s allowed for school boards should apply to everyone else …
I think the simple answer is that state law defines different types of government entities and corporations, and so each requires its own rule for “open meetings” and meeting rules of procedure. For example, another class of government meetings would be those relating to land use (plan commissions, boards of zoning appeals, etc.), and those have their own rules of procedure.
Further complicating matters is that Indiana has some laws governing 91 counties that don’t necessarily apply in a county with a consolidated city-county government, and vice versa. So harmonizing all these meeting laws may be a little tougher project than this bill author anticipates.
The bill author, who has at least once stomped out of a public meeting rather than answer questions he doesn’t like, is frequently over his head.
IBJ – the article links to a different, unrelated bill.
If the Council was out of order, good for people to notice.
The Council should allow constituents to participate remotely. This will solve a lot of the intimidation issue.
If the Chair is suppressing testimony in an attempt to sway the attendees, then shame on him or her.
School Boards have been hiding behind their administrative nonsense for years. Requiring questions in advance to approve them? Really? All this pushback against their shenanigans is long overdue.
If the council or the school board is out of order, people can vote them out.
Mandatory remote participation (which is prohibited for schools, btw) requires another large technology expense which I suspect most counties would rather not take on. It takes more than setting up a laptop with Zoom.
There’s no solid case for exempting school boards from the legislation other than Prescott wants to encourage bad behavior at school board meetings, which just lowers my opinion of Prescott even further.
It is easier and more effective to remind them in the meeting that they are out of order.
Are you advocating that Boards intentionally not follow the law?
I did not say Mandatory participation for remote.
Providing the ability to do so is not the same as requiring it and they already have the technology in place to do it from the pandemic.
And school boards have been hiding behind administrative procedural practices for years. No sympathy for them.
We’ve fixed the link. Thanks for letting us know.
A disruptive group gets what is legally defined as the “heckler’s veto”. This was used in the south as an excuse to cancel civil rights protests, when somebody like the KKK would threaten to counter-protest. Rather than enforce rules for peaceful and civil protest, authorities would just deny permits. It is a clear form on censorship.
If the same thing is happening at school board meetings, then those creating a hostile environment are guilty of censorship.
These bills need to go both ways. This past year, we had a public library board president and members who were quick to have police escort people out of the room for disagreeing with them in a manner they didn’t like during public comments but at the same time would ignore outburst and disruptions by people who they did agree with. Using the police as a threat is not a good way to run an in the public meeting either.
But seriously — rather than having those at a higher level make a bunch of laws, the local leaders need to figure out how to lead.
Long past time for everyone to behave at public meetings. Doesn’t matter your viewpoint. I think they should ban signs and posters and banners and flyers in the meeting room. If you are yelling from your seat, if you’re speaking when you’ve not been recognized to do so, then out you go. One warning, then you’re gone. Maybe there are some old-school nuns around who could be hired to maintain the peace and order…
The disrupters are following the example being set by their dear cult leader Donald J. TRUMP/
What? Disrespect and bullying by The Dear Leader? Say it ain’t so!