Open Meetings Laws

Open Meetings Laws, Public Records Laws March 4, 2021

Court of Appeals reverses district court ruling that CU regents violated CORA by withholding names and applications of candidates interviewed for presidency

Calling Colorado’s open-government statutes “seriously flawed” regarding the appointment of chief executives, a Colorado Court of Appeals panel decided 2-1 that a district court judge erred in ruling that the University of Colorado regents should have publicly disclosed the names and applications of all six candidates interviewed for the president’s job that went to Mark Kennedy in 2019.

Open Meetings Laws, Public Records Laws February 25, 2021

Judge: Colorado Springs school board must release executive session recordings

A judge has ordered a Colorado Springs school board to disclose the recordings and transcripts of executive sessions used to whittle down a group of finalists for the district superintendent’s job.

Colorado Legislature, Colorado Legislature 2021, Open Meetings Laws, Public Records Laws February 23, 2021

Sunshine Law legislation would let elected officials use email for scheduling, other non-substantive matters

Elected officials could exchange scheduling emails and other messages that do not concern the “merits or substance” of public business — without worrying about violating the state’s Sunshine Law —under a measure advanced Monday by a Colorado House committee.

Colorado Legislature, Colorado Legislature 2021, Open Meetings Laws, Public Records Laws February 17, 2021

Colorado House bill would allow the naming of a single finalist for university president, school superintendent positions

Responding to recent court rulings against the University of Colorado regents and a Colorado Springs school board, two state lawmakers introduced legislation that would let public bodies disclose just one finalist when choosing a new chief executive.

Colorado Legislature, Colorado Legislature 2021, Journalism, Open Meetings Laws, Public Records Laws January 21, 2021

Groups urge greater transparency, public access at legislature

On Jan. 15, Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition, Colorado Capitol Press Association, Colorado Press Association, Colorado Broadcasters Association, Colorado News Collaborative, Society of Professional Journalists…

Open Meetings Laws January 8, 2021

Judge: Summit school board convened closed meeting without a proper vote

A judge recently ordered the public disclosure of a school board executive session recording because board members did not take an “affirmative vote” before convening the private online meeting, as the Colorado Open Meetings Law requires.

Colorado Legislature, Court Proceedings, Court Records, First Amendment, Journalism, Open Meetings Laws, Public Records Laws December 28, 2020

CFOIC’s 2020 year in review: coronavirus records, CORA costs, body cam footage, judicial secrecy

COVID-19 touched nearly every aspect of our lives in 2020 so of course it affected government transparency and public access to courts in Colorado.

Open Meetings Laws November 16, 2020

Can a home-rule city’s charter override the Colorado Open Meetings Law?

When the Fort Collins City Council went into an executive session Oct. 20, the announced purpose was to discuss “broadband issues,” a topic not expressly authorized in the Colorado Open Meetings Law for closed-door deliberations.

Open Meetings Laws, Public Records Laws October 27, 2020

Court of Appeals: Colorado ethics commission not subject to CORA or state open meetings law

Neither the Colorado Open Records Act nor the Colorado Open Meetings Law applies to the constitutionally created state commission that investigates allegations of ethical misconduct involving public officials, the Colorado Court of Appeals has ruled.

Open Meetings Laws, Public Records Laws September 8, 2020

Court of Appeals brief: University of Colorado regents must not be allowed to ‘end-run’ CORA

Allowing the University of Colorado regents to “engage in manipulative word-play and end-run” the Colorado Open Records Act by defining the term “finalist” to mean a sole “nominee” for the CU presidency would “deal a crippling blow” to the statute, argues a brief submitted to the Colorado Court of Appeals on Tuesday by the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition.

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