open meetings
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Colorado justices deliver favorable ruling for organizations raising open meetings violations
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The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that organizations are entitled to the same recovery of their costs as individuals when they successfully pursue a public entity’s violation of the state’s open meetings law. The Colorado Open Meetings Law permits “any person” to challenge a violation of the law. At the same time, it grants…
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Appeals court finds no connection to local government necessary to enforce open meetings law
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For the first time, Colorado’s second-highest court ruled last week that every person in the state may challenge governmental compliance with the open meetings law, regardless of whether they have a connection to the government body at issue. In 2014, state legislators amended the open meetings law to allow “any person” whose rights were denied…
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Colorado school district not required to disclose superintendent search records, appeals court says
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A Colorado Springs-based school district is not obligated to disclose additional candidate applications and closed-door session recordings from its 2019 search for a new superintendent, Colorado’s second-highest court has ruled. On Thursday, a three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals interpreted the state’s open records and open meetings laws to mean Academy District 20 could…
