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The textual definition of "public bodies" in FOIA is nearly identical to "public bodies" under the Open Meetings Act, [j] a related Illinois statute that requires meetings to be open to the public. However, the scope of "public bodies" is broader under FOIA, and includes individual officers and agencies who do not hold meetings.
The Open Meetings Act (OMA) is a related Illinois statute that grants to all persons the right to attend meetings in which public business is discussed. "Public bodies", defined similarly as in FOIA, are required to provide advance notice of meetings to the public and maintain minutes for public inspection. All discussions of public business ...
Most Local School Councils meet monthly. All LSC meetings must be posted with the time, date and location of the meeting and what will be on the agenda. Most LSC meetings are open to the public; the only closed meetings are those that discuss items exempt under the Open Meetings Act such as personnel, safety and discipline issues. LSCs must ...
Chicago City Council committees violated the Illinois Open Meetings Act and their own rules by meeting and taking actions without a quorum at least four times over the same four-month span. [50] Over half of elected Chicago alderpersons took illegal campaign contributions totalling $282,000 in 2013. [51] [52] [53]
The Oklahoma Board of Education took no action on a proposed lawsuit designed to keep legislators out of the board's executive sessions
Executive session – a meeting in which the proceedings are secret, or confidential. [14] [15] Public session – a meeting, usually of a governmental body, that is open to the general public. [16] [17] [18] For government bodies, such meetings may be required to be open to the public due to open meeting laws. [19]
(The Center Square) – The rules for the 104th Illinois General Assembly are now in place despite House Republicans urging for changes to make things more fair for the minority party.
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