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Tag: access to open meetings

Chaffey College student newspaper shut out of meeting where student body president was removed from office

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October 24, 2013September 5, 2018 Samantha Sunne

Associated Students of Chaffey College, the school’s student government board, closed its meeting to the public over the objections of student journalists, who say the closure was illegal.

Tagged access to open meetings, California, Chaffey College, The Breeze

Compliance board finds problems with Maryland regents' closed meetings

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August 20, 2013September 5, 2018 Sara Tirrito

The University System of Maryland’s Board of Regents needs to be more discerning about when and why they hold private meetings, the state’s Open Meetings Compliance Board said.

Tagged access to open meetings, Maryland, University System of Maryland

Indiana public records board rejects IUS student’s open meetings complaint

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April 18, 2013September 5, 2018 Daniel Moore

The state’s public records board has upheld Indiana University Southeast’s decision to deny a student journalist access to a meeting in which student government members were divvying up student fees.

Tagged access to open meetings, Indiana, Indiana University Southeast

Indiana student journalists seeks access to meetings of group that gives out student fees

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March 20, 2013September 5, 2018 Daniel Moore

A student journalist at the Indiana University Southeast has filed a complaint with the state seeking access to meetings that determine the allocation of more than $500,000 in annual student activity fees to various student organizations.

Tagged access to open meetings, Indiana, Indiana University Southeast

Maryland regents acknowledge failure to comply fully with open meetings law

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January 30, 2013September 5, 2018 Daniel Moore

The University System of Maryland admitted last week that it failed to “strictly comply” with the state’s Open Meetings Act when deciding on a switch from the ACC to the Big Ten.

Tagged access to open meetings, Maryland, University System of Maryland

Maryland regents acknowledge violating state's open meetings law by failing to give notice of two meetings

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December 7, 2012September 5, 2018 Samantha Raphelson

Following complaints about how a vote to join the Big Ten conference violated the state’s open meetings law, the University of Maryland Board of Regents acknowledged it violated parts of the act when they failed to give notice of two meetings.

Tagged access to open meetings, Maryland, University System of Maryland

University of Maryland regents approved move to Big Ten in closed session

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November 21, 2012October 18, 2018 Bailey McGowan and Samantha Raphelson

University System of Maryland regents voted behind closed doors Monday to approve a move to the Big Ten athletic conference, despite state laws requiring the regents to open their meetings to the public.

Tagged access to open meetings, Maryland, University System of Maryland

Email exchange between school board members not a public meeting, Va. high court rules

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June 11, 2012September 5, 2018 Seth Zweifler

The exchange of emails by members of the Fairfax County School Board did not constitute a public meeting under Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act, the state Supreme Court ruled June 7.

Tagged access to open meetings, Fairfax County School Board, Virginia

Nevada AG appeals open meetings law decision in secret fax poll controversy

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August 1, 1996

The attorney general's office has decided to appeal a county judge's ruling that the Board of Regents of the University and Community College System did not violate the state's open meetings law in April 1995.

Tagged access to open meetings, Fall 1996, reports

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