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OPEN MEETINGS |
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1317.1 |
The Wake County Board of Education
acknowledges that while governing bodies in North Carolina may meet in closed
session pursuant to North Carolina G.S. 143-318 that the right to meet in
closed session as provided by law is permissive and not mandatory, except in
certain specific situations. |
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1317.2 |
In furtherance of the public
policy of North Carolina and the Wake County Board of Education, the Board
will follow a practice that presumes that all the meetings of the Board and
its duly appointed committees will be open, even when an closed session may
be permitted, unless the board believes that an closed session is necessary
to carry out its duties. |
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1317.3 |
The Wake County Board of Education
will meet in closed session only upon a motion duly made and adopted in
public pursuant to G.S. 143-318.11(c). Unless counsel is not reasonably
available or accessible, the Board shall not meet in closed session without
first obtaining advice of counsel that the proposed closed session is
permitted by law and is in accordance with this policy. |
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1317.4 |
If the Board meets in closed
session, minutes of the closed session shall be kept. The minutes shall
record by whom the motion to go into closed session was made; the vote by
which the motion was adopted; the purpose of the closed session as stated in
the motion; all subjects discussed and any actions taken in closed session;
and the time at which the Board convened and recessed the closed session.
Minutes of closed sessions shall be maintained as provided in North Carolina
G.S. 143-318.11(d). |
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