When the scheduled meeting is a site visit or traveling tour, the meeting may not be conducted or convened electronically. Public Notice of an Electronic Meeting In addition to providing and posting the notices required for other Board meetings, the Board shall provide at least 24 hours’ advance written or electronic notice of the electronic meeting to 1. A newspaper of general circulation within the state; and 2. A local media correspondent. Unless the requirements have been met for holding a meeting without an anchor location, the Board shall also post written notice of the electronic meeting at the anchor location at least 24 hours prior to the electronic meeting. The notices of the electronic meeting shall specify the anchor location of the meeting or, if there is no anchor location, shall specify how a member of the public may hear (or view and hear) the meeting and if public comment will be accepted how a member of the public may provide comments by electronic means. Utah Code § 52-4-207(3) (2021) Public Access to Electronic Meetings Space and facilities shall be provided at the anchor location of an electronic meeting of the Board to permit members of the public to attend and monitor the electronic meeting (except those portions of such a meeting which have been properly closed to the public by the Board). If the Board meeting is one at which comments from the public will be accepted, then the space and facilities shall also permit members of the public to participate in the electronic meeting. For an electronic meeting which is being held without an anchor location, the Board shall provide access to the meeting as provided for above regarding meetings without an anchor location Members of the public are not entitled to monitor or attend electronic meetings except through the space and facilities provided at the anchor location or through electronic access provided for a meeting without an anchor location. (Members of the public cannot request an electronic meeting and do not have the right to be remotely connected to a Board meeting except as set forth in this policy.) Utah Code § 52-4-207(4) (2021)
1.0110.07 SCHOOL CLOSURES AND BOUNDARY CHANGES Issue Date: 2/13/20 BFA Notice of Possible Closure or Boundary Change
At least 120 days before approving the closure of a school or a change to school attendance area boundaries, the Board shall provide notice that it is considering closure or a boundary change to parents of students enrolled in the school, to parents of students enrolled in other schools in the District which may be affected by the closure or boundary change, and to the governing council and mayor of the municipality where the school is located. The notices to parents shall be provided using the same form of communication that the Board regularly uses to communicate with parents. Utah Code § 53G-4-402(21)(a)(i) (2019) Hearings on Closure or Boundary Change
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