The Board may enter into executive session after the following requirements have been met:
• The Board has first been convened in open meeting, for which notice, stating the specific provision of law authorizing the executive session, has been given.
• The Board President has identified the section or sections of 10-15-1 NMSA 1978 that authorize the holding of the executive session and has stated the language of the section(s) and with reasonable specificity the subject to be discussed.
• The executive session is authorized by a majority vote of a quorum in open session. The vote of each member shall be recorded in the minutes.
No final action, decision, or vote shall be taken while the Board is in executive session, except as provided by law.
The Board shall provide a statement in the minutes of the open meeting in which the executive session was held or at the next meeting following the executive session meeting, if it is a separate meeting, that the matters discussed in the executive session were limited only to those specified in the motion for closure or in the notice of the separate executive session meeting.
Adopted: date of manual adoption
LEGAL REF.:
10-15-1 NMSA
CROSS REF.:
BEDG - Minutes
BHDA - Confidential Communications
JKD - Student Suspension/Expulsion