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Keeping Audio Records of Delaware School Board Meetings

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The Delaware General Assembly is looking at legislation that would require school boards to keep an audio recording of their meetings.

In addition, it would require them to put those online.

The Wilmington News Journal reports that the lawmakers and their open-government allies say these would help people to check on their local leaders and keep up on what is happening in the schools.

The paper reports that Christina, Red Clay and Capital school districts already put recordings of their meetings online.

Under the bill only the official board meetings would fall under the legislation not workshops or committee meetings.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.