File: BEE
SHUTESBURY SCHOOL COMMITTEE
SPECIAL PROCEDURES FOR CONDUCTING
HEARINGS
In
conducting all public hearings required by law, and others, as it deems
advisable, the School Committee will:
1. Give due and public notice in line with statutory
requirements and seek to publicize the meeting in all local media.
2. Make available printed information on the topic of
the hearing.
The
Chair of the Committee will preside at the hearing.
The
public will be informed at the beginning of the hearing the particular
procedure that will be followed in regard to questions, remarks, rebuttals, and
any time limitations or other rules that must be followed to give everyone an
opportunity to be heard.
In
conformance with customary hearing procedures, statements and supporting
information will be presented first by the Committee, or by others for the
Committee; to comment, members of the public must be recognized by the Chair,
and all remarks must be addressed to the Chair and be germane to the
topic. To assure that all who wish get a chance to speak, the Chair will
recognize persons who have not commented previously during the hearing before
recognizing persons who wish to remark a second time.
SOURCE:
MASC
NOTE: The details pertaining to conduct of hearings
(such as requirements for granting due process, rules of evidence, the making
of records and transcripts, and so on), whether established by state law or by
Committee action, may be included in the manual as a regulation coded
BEE-R. Policies and procedures for special types of hearings -- such as
those related to student suspension, staff dismissal, programs and
accommodations for children with disabilities, and so on -- are better filed
under terms related to those specific topics.
Revised by Shutesbury Policy Committee: 12/20/17
First Reading by Shutesbury
School Committee: 01/18/18
Second Reading, First Vote by Shutesbury School Committee:
02/15/18
Final Vote by Shutesbury School Committee: 03/15/18