Compliance with the Open Meetings Law is an ongoing, ever-present obligation for all North Carolina public boards. The advent of Governor Cooper’s COVID-19 State of Emergency declaration prompted additional open meetings...more
2/11/2022
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Since the beginning of 2021, North Carolina educational institutions have been subject to a variety of studies, orders, and directives related to school reopening from Governor Roy Cooper; the State School Superintendent,...more
While many North Carolina public schools had resumed some level of in-person instruction by the Fall of 2020, by the end of 2020, a majority of those public schools reverted back to 100% virtual learning due to reported...more
Throughout this COVID-19 era, school boards and other educational entities responsible for operating schools throughout the country have had to remain nimble, patient, innovative, compassionate, communicative, and ready to...more
For educational institutions, one of President Joe Biden’s inaugural Executive Orders ushers in yet another significant, multi-faceted, complicated policy change for educational institutions. On his very first day as...more
After years of representing and advising various public boards subject to the Open Meetings Law (Article 33C of Chapter 143 of the North Carolina General Statutes), I have repeatedly witnessed a very common mistake – voting...more
For approximately the last six months, public boards subject to the Open Meetings Law (“public boards”) have been meeting solely via electronic means due to COVID-19 mass gathering restrictions and due to health and safety...more
10/8/2020
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The new Title IX regulations, adopted in the midst of COVID-19’s fierce imposition on society as a whole, and education in particular, are set to become effective in less than two weeks – August 14, 2020. While there are a...more
Like a shockwave, the onset of COVID-19 has had a monumental, unprecedented, life-altering impact on educational institutions throughout the United States. Accompanied with rapidly changing guidance, the topic that has...more
As North Carolina continues to adapt to the emerging post-COVID-19 landscape, public bodies have begun embracing remote alternatives to in-person meetings. While videoconferencing and conference calls have been...more