Denver School Board Considering New Public Comment Limits The denver public schools board of education will slash the amount of time individual community members have to address the elected body during its monthly public comment session starting in. Denver public schools‘ board of education will reduce the amount of time individual community members have to address the elected body during its monthly public comment session starting in january.
Denver School Board Considers Restricting Monthly Public Comment Public comment will now be divided into two sections one limited to action items scheduled for the upcoming regular board meeting and the other for topics unrestricted to forthcoming action items. the total public comment period for any single action item shall be limited to thirty (30) minutes. Several denver school board members said they want to reconsider limits on public comment that have caused fewer people to sign up to speak at meetings. After more than a year with temporary limits in place, the denver school board unanimously adopted new public comment rules thursday that will shorten each speaker’s time from three minutes to two. the rules apply to the school board’s monthly public comment session. But now some board members are questioning whether the limits have shortened public comment too much. board vice president monica hunter, a former denver teacher who was elected in november, said at last week’s meeting that she’d like to reconsider the time limits.
Denver School Board Limits Monthly Public Comment After more than a year with temporary limits in place, the denver school board unanimously adopted new public comment rules thursday that will shorten each speaker’s time from three minutes to two. the rules apply to the school board’s monthly public comment session. But now some board members are questioning whether the limits have shortened public comment too much. board vice president monica hunter, a former denver teacher who was elected in november, said at last week’s meeting that she’d like to reconsider the time limits. The proposed changes include moving public comment to the board's monthly work session and allowing virtual comments. a 30 minute limit will be set for comments on individual topics, while unrelated topics will also have a separate 30 minute limit. In this episode, alan gottlieb and alexis menocal harrigan debate the recent decision by the denver school board to place stringent limits on monthly public comment sessions. Monthly public comment before the denver school board will be limited to a total of two hours going forward, a restriction that board president xóchitl “sochi” gaytán described thursday as a “temporary solution” to the problem of too long meetings.
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