Barnum School Board meeting format violates Minnesota Open Meeting Law
New state guidance and opinions have found that, on more than one occasion, the district did not meet the standards for public access to meetings under state law. Written By: Izabel Johnson | ×
Barnum High School. (Steve Kuchera / 2021 file / News Tribune)
The Barnum School Board was recently found to be in violation of the Minnesota Open Meeting Law under a chapter of the state statute, which does not allow for public bodies to hold in-person meetings while limiting public attendance to electronic monitoring.
This finding, as cited in an April 19 opinion by Minnesota Department of Administration Commissioner Alice Roberts-Davis, has led to new guidance issued by the Minnesota School Board Association regarding meetings during a pandemic.