MI HB5852

Expands board meeting requirements to include both school district boards and public school academy boards, requiring compliance with the Open Meetings Act.

Changes statutory language from "shall" to "must" regarding the requirement that board business be conducted at public meetings with majority vote authorization and proper record-keeping.

Requires boards to hold at least one regular public meeting each month, with public school academy boards holding meetings at their school locations.

Requires cyber schools (schools of excellence) to hold monthly public meetings within the school district where the most students reside and to broadcast meetings free of charge on their websites.

Updates terminology throughout the statute to clarify that closed sessions are authorized "under" rather than "by" Section 8 of the Open Meetings Act.