PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AT BOARD MEETINGS

(Procedures for Individuals Addressing the Board)

The public is invited to attend Board meetings and individuals are given a designated time to express viewpoints during the public hearing portion of the meeting.  Anyone wishing to address the Board of Education during the hearing of the public portion of the Board meeting will comply with the following rules.

        1.     Complete a request form prior to the hearing of the public and submit it to the Public Information Officer.

        2.     When called upon, identify yourself, state name, address, and school district in which you reside.  State your reason for addressing the Board.

        3.    Electronic submissions will only be used during remote meetings.

        4.    A non-English speaker will need to provide an interpreter. Time may be extended due to interpreter also speaking.

        5.    Address the Board as a whole through the President, and not Board members, individually.  

        6.    Materials for distribution to the Board are handed to the Treasurer.

        7.   Limit remarks to three (3) minutes. The President has the discretion to extend the time. When your time is up, you are to stop speaking.

        8.   It is inappropriate to address any matter involving pending disputes, grievances under a labor agreement, disciplinary action involving an employee or a student, ongoing labor negotiations, concerns or matters that have already been settled and/or any matter which because of its nature is deemed appropriate to be discussed in executive session.  The purpose of the public hearing portion of the meeting is for members of the public to express viewpoints and public concerns.

        9.    Only employees who live in the district may address the Board during the Hearing of the Public.

        10.  Must be a resident of the Dayton Public School District. Exceptions to this requirement are business owners within the district and parents whose children attend DPS but live outside the district.

        11.  The presiding officer may:

a)  prohibit public comments that are frivolous, repetitive, potentially defamatory and/or harassing;

b)  interrupt, warn, or terminate a participant's statement when the statement is too lengthy, abusive, off-topic, obscene, or irrelevant;

c)  request any individual to leave the meeting when that person does not observe reasonable decorum or is disruptive to the conduct of the meeting;

d)  request the assistance of law enforcement officers in the removal of a disorderly person when that person when that person's conduct interferes with the orderly progress of the meeting;

e)  call for a recess or an adjournment to another time when the lack of public decorum so interferes with the orderly conduct of the meeting as to warrant such action;

f)   waive these rules.

A copy of these procedures are made available at each Board meeting.

The Board, at its discretion, strives to respond, in a timely manner, to viewpoints presented during the hearing of the public.