Open Meetings Act - County Boards of Education - Enhanced Requirements (Local Boards of Education Transparency Act)
What this bill does
Establishing enhanced requirements under the Open Meetings Act for county boards of education and the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners; requiring county boards and the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners to maintain on their respective websites an archived video recording of each open meeting for which live video streaming was made available for a minimum of 5 years after the meeting; authorizing county boards and the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners to edit certain content from the recordings; etc.
Analysis reads the bill text, the fiscal note, and the witness list. It is generated by Claude and reviewed by nobody, so check the source documents before you rely on it.
Testimony (18)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Plante, Cecilia | Maryland Legislative Coalition | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Hands, Zachary | Maryland State Board of Education | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Cook, Jessicalobbyist | Maryland State Education Association | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Funk, Kenzie | Strong Schools Maryland | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Hoffman, Charlotte | Trans Maryland | Position only |
| FAV | McNair, Lee | Unitarian Universalist Environmental Justice Ministry | Position only |
| FAV | Kaplowitz, Richard KAP | Year | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Delegate Korman, Delegate Kormanlegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Hardesty, Amy | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Korman, Marc | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Lang, Alan | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Meyerovich, Mark | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Snyder, Rebeccalobbyist | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Soreng, Nancy | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Tibbals, Trudy | Individual | Position only |
| FWA | Mathias, Sam | Maryland Association of Boards of Education | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Carter, Alita-Geri | Qualequity Access | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Fannon, Mary Patlobbyist | Individual | Written (PDF) |