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EXECUTIVE  SESSIONS / OPEN  MEETINGS

The Board may enter into executive session after the following requirements have been met:

A.  A notice of the executive session has been provided to the Board members and the general public stating the provision of law authorizing the executive session in accordance with Board Policy BEDA.

B.  The Board has first been convened in open meeting, for which notice, stating the specific provision of law authorizing the executive session, has been given.

C.  The Board President has identified the section or sections of A.R.S. 38-431.03 that authorize the holding of the executive session and has stated the language of the section(s) and a general description of the matters to be considered.

D.  The executive session is authorized by a vote in open session, either during the current Governing Board meeting or at a prior meeting of the Board designating the time and the date of the future executive session.

The Governing Board shall provide any officer, appointee, or employee to be considered or discussed at a meeting with written notice of the executive session as is appropriate but not less than twenty-four (24) hours for the officer, appointee, or employee to determine whether the discussion or consideration should occur at a public meeting.

No final action, decision, or vote shall be taken while the Board is in executive session, except as provided by law.

The Board shall reconvene the open meeting after an executive session prior to adjourning the meeting.

During the executive session, all persons present in the executive session will be read the admonition on the confidentiality of the executive session minutes and deliberations.

Adopted:  April 19, 2016

LEGAL REF.: 
A.R.S. 
15-843
38-431.01
38-431.02
38-431.03
A.G.O. 
I79-45
I79-49     
I79-126
I79-136
I80-118
I80-146
I81-058
I81-060
I81-090

CROSS REF.: 
BBBB - Board Member Oath of Office
BEDA - Notification of Board Meetings
BEDG - Minutes
JKD - Student Suspension