0162. 	NOTICE OF BOARD MEETINGS

The Board of Education will give notice of all meetings in accordance with law.
Adequate Notice 
The Board Secretary shall provide written advance notice of at least       forty-eight hours, giving the time, date, location and, to the extent known, the agenda of any regular, special, or rescheduled meeting, which notice shall accurately state whether formal action may or may not be taken and which shall be prominently posted in at least one public place reserved for such or similar announcements; mailed, telephoned, telegrammed, or hand delivered to at least two newspapers which newspapers shall be designated by the public body to receive such notices because they have the greatest likelihood of informing the public within the area of jurisdiction of the public body of such meetings, one of which shall be the official newspaper, where any such has been designated by the public body or if the public body has failed to so designate, where any has been designated by the governing body of the political subdivision whose geographic boundaries are coextensive with that of the public body; and filed with the clerk of the municipality when the public body’s geographic boundaries are coextensive with that of a single municipality, with the clerk of the county when the public body’s geographic boundaries are coextensive with that of a single county, and with the Secretary of State if the public body has Statewide jurisdiction.  Where annual notice or revisions thereof in compliance with N.J.S.A. 10:4-6 et seq., the Open Public Meetings Act, set forth the location of any meeting, no further notice shall be required for such meeting. 
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 10:4-9, upon the affirmative vote of              three-quarters of the members present, the Board may hold a meeting notwithstanding the failure to provide adequate notice if: 
1.     	Such meeting is required in order to deal with 		matters of such urgency and importance that a 		delay for the purpose of providing adequate notice 		would be likely to result in substantial harm to the 		public interest; and

2.     	The meeting is limited to discussion of and acting 		with respect to such matters of urgency and 			importance; and

3.     	Notice of such meeting is provided as soon as 			possible following the calling of such meeting by 		posting written notice of the same in the public 		place described in N.J.S.A. 10:4.8.d., and also by 		notifying the two newspapers described in N.J.S.A. 		10:4.8.d. by telephone, telegram, or by delivering a 		written notice of same to such newspapers; and

4.     	Either the public body could not reasonably have 		foreseen the need for such meeting at a time when 		adequate notice could have been provided or 			although the public body could reasonably have 		foreseen the need for such meeting at a time when 		adequate notice could have been provided, it 			nevertheless failed to do so.
Personal Notice of Meeting 
In accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 10:4-12.b.(8), the Board may exclude the public from that portion of a meeting at which the Board discusses any matter involving the employment, appointment, termination of employment, terms and conditions of employment, evaluation of the performance of, promotion, or disciplining of any specific prospective public officer or employee or current public officer or employee employed or appointed by the Board, unless all the individual employees or appointees whose rights could be adversely affected request in writing that the matter or matters be discussed at a public meeting.   
The Board will provide notice to the affected person that will include the date and time of the closed session meeting, the subject or subjects scheduled for discussion at the closed session meeting, and the right of the affected person to request that the discussions be conducted at a public meeting.  Such notice will be given no less than forty-eight hours in advance of the closed session meeting. 
A written request for public discussion must be submitted to the Board Secretary prior to the commencement of the meeting.  Any such properly submitted request will be granted.  In the event that one or more, but fewer than all, of a group of persons whose employment will be discussed request a public meeting, the discussion regarding the person or persons who have submitted the request will be severed from the rest and will be conducted publicly. 
A discussion held in public by reason of the written request of an individual will be conducted at a regularly scheduled meeting for which annual notice has been given or at a meeting for which adequate public notice has been given in accordance with law. 
Nothing in this Bylaw will permit an employee to request or the Board to grant the public discussion of tenure charges or permit the public disclosure of information regarding a student.

N.J.S.A. 10:4-6 et seq.; 10:4-8; 10:4-9
N.J.S.A. 18A:6-11; 18A:10-6
N.J.A.C. 6A:32-3.1

Date Adopted:	April 18, 1977
Date Revised:	March 18, 1991, February 26, 2007, May 19, 2020, January 		24, 2023