Missouri HB 1888: Requires State Board of Education meetings to be recorded by video and posted on the website of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Bill Text

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 1888
99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
5100H.02C D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 161.072, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to
transparency of state board of education activities.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 161.072, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu
2 thereof, to be known as section 161.072, to read as follows:
161.072. 1. The state board of education shall meet semiannually in December and in
2 June in Jefferson City. Other meetings may be called by the president of the board on seven
3 days' written notice to the members. In the absence of the president, the commissioner of
4 education shall call a meeting on request of three members of the board, and if both the president
5 and the commissioner of education are absent or refuse to call a meeting, any three members of
6 the board may call a meeting by similar notices in writing. The business to come before the
7 board shall be available by free electronic record at least seven business days prior to the start
8 of each meeting. All records of any decisions, votes, exhibits, or outcomes shall be available by
9 free electronic media within forty-eight hours following the conclusion of every meeting. Any
10 materials prepared for the members of the board by the staff shall be delivered to the members
11 at least five days before the meeting, and to the extent such materials are public records as
12 defined in section 610.010 and are not permitted to be closed under section 610.021, shall be
13 made available by free electronic media at least five business days in advance of the meeting.
14 2. The public shall be granted a public comment period during every state board
15 of education meeting under this section.
16 3. Each meeting of the state board of education shall be recorded by video, and
17 such video recording shall be posted to the website of the department of elementary and
18 secondary education within forty-eight hours following the conclusion of every meeting.
EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended
to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.

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19 4. The department of elementary and secondary education shall archive the video
20 recordings described under subsection 3 of this section on its website in a manner that
21 ensures easy and free accessibility by members of the public. Such recordings shall be
22 retained, destroyed, or disposed of in a manner that is consistent with the procedures
23 established by the state records commission created under section 109.250.
24 5. The department of elementary and secondary education shall not require
25 members of the public to create an account, register, or provide any personally identifiable
26 information in order to view the video recordings described under subsection 3 of this
27 section. The department shall not collect, retain, sell, or otherwise use or make publicly
28 accessible personally identifiable information of any member of the public viewing any
29 such video recording.
30 6. Each member of the state board of education shall have an individual email
31 address that shall be made available to members of the public. Any member of the public
32 may email a member of the state board of education at such email address.
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