A recent Supreme Court of Ohio ruling provides important clarity to public bodies, including school boards, about the Open Meetings Act and executive sessions.

What do you say before you go into executive session? How do you comply with the law while in executive session? What are the consequences of violating the law? OSBA's Senior Deputy Director of Legal Services Jennifer Hardin, our guest for this episode, answers those questions.

Read more about the Supreme Court's opinion at https://www.ohioschoolboards.org/blogs/legal-ledger/multiple-civil-forfeitures-multiple-claims-same-conduct-rejected-open-meetings.

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