open meetings law
Coverage of open meetings law in the Nexus archive.
- Louisiana Appeals Court sends Baker school takeover case back to district
The Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal ruled in favor of the City of Baker School Board, which had sued the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) for allegedly violating the Open Meetings Law. The case has been sent back to the district for further proceedings.
- Conservative nonprofit files lawsuit seeking to scrap state testing standards
The Institute for Reforming Government, a conservative nonprofit, is suing the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction over a 2024 standards-setting meeting for the Forward Exam, alleging violations of open meetings law. The lawsuit, supported by the Wisconsin Transparency Project, challenges the meeting's secrecy, nondisclosure agreements, and costs, seeking to void the resulting testing standards. The DPI claims compliance with legal requirements and criticizes the lawsuit as a political effort.