Colorado Politics: Recently, two district courts have come down on opposite sides on our state’s “sunshine laws.” Our state’s Open Meetings Law requires government policy be debated and decided in public with proper notice to allow for public oversight.

The law states policy-making meetings must be properly announced and agendas must accurately describe the subject matter of meetings. Policy-making decisions unconnected to agenda topics are not allowed, and policy discussed by a majority of elected officials outside of public oversight may not occur.

A district court heard an Open Meetings Law case involving the Elizabeth school board and found the school district passed a “Keep Schools Open and Education Unrestricted” resolution without adequate notice and without full description in its agenda in violation of the Open Meetings Law.

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