Colorado Public Radio: A Colorado court has sided with an Elbert County mother in her lawsuit against the Elizabeth School District, alleging the school board violated open-meetings law.

Jessica Capsel said the school board meeting did not give proper public notice of a board meeting item in September 2023 about a “Resolution to keep Elizabeth Schools Open and Education Unrestricted” that opposed mask and vaccine mandates. Capsel argued the notice about a pandemic-related resolution was posted at the last minute, leaving no opportunity for the public to weigh in beforehand.

The Elbert County district court ruled that the school district’s original and amended notices violated the “full and timely notice” requirements for public meetings as required by the Colorado Open Meetings Law, commonly known as Sunshine Laws. 

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