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Closed door vote on tenure charges allowed

Posted on April 8, 2017 by NJFOG

The OPMA statute generally requires that votes by public bodies occur in open session. However, the below article points out that tenure charges is an exception created by a conflicting statute, the Tenure Employees Hearing Law (N.J.S.A. 18A-6-11).

 

Paterson Times
Paterson school board’s closed session vote to file tenure charges did not break open meetings law
by Jayed Rahman
April 6, 2017

 

 

 

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