Background:
The Board of Trustees of the Mountain View Whisman School District (“Board”) has received a cease and desist letter, dated January 11, 2024, alleging that the following described past action of the Board violated the Ralph M. Brown Act: that in some situations the top level agenda item descriptions were truncated where additional detail on the item was provided in the linked descriptions.
In order to avoid unnecessary litigation and without admitting any violation of the Ralph M. Brown Act, pursuant to Government Code, section 54960.2(c)(1), the Board hereby unconditionally commits that it will cease, desist from, and not repeat the challenged past action as described above and will provide notification of its commitment in response to the cease and desist letter.
The Board may rescind this commitment only by a majority vote of its membership taken in open session at a regular meeting and noticed on its posted agenda as “Rescission of Brown Act Commitment.”
Fiscal Implication:
None
Recommended Action:
Staff recommends the Board of Trustees approve the Brown Act Commitment pursuant to Government Code, section 54960.2(c)(1) and provide notification in response to the cease and desist letter.