ICHABOD CRANE 2390
BOARD HEARINGS
The Board of Education shall schedule public hearings in accordance with the law and on occasions when it wishes to gather information and seek opinions on important issues affecting the school district. At the beginning of each hearing the Board may present information on the topic of the hearing. The Board shall take no formal action at a public hearing. If action is required on the subject of the hearing, such action will be scheduled as the first regular item of business on the agenda.
The time and place of the hearings shall be designated in the notice of the hearing. All interested persons or their representatives shall have an opportunity to present facts, views or arguments relative to ideas or proposals under consideration. Speakers shall be required to give their names and addresses. Non-residents do not have the privilege of speaking at public hearings except when permission is granted by the chair.
At the beginning of each hearing the Board may present information on the topic of the hearing. Speakers shall be required to give their name and address. Non-residents do not have the privilege of speaking at public hearings except when permission is granted by the chair.
Speakers at public meetings, generally, will be limited to three minutes for their presentation. However, this time limit may be adjusted by the chair if the size of the audience or the number of requests to speak is small and an increase in the time would not unduly extend the length of the hearing. And adjustment in time shall apply to all speakers from the audience.
Any speaker who is out of order may be cautioned by the chair. If such remarks or behavior persists, the speaker’s privilege to address the Board will be terminated.
Effective Date: January 5, 2010