Grand Jury aims at the Fresno Unified School Board to get information to the press

A report by the Grand Jury in Fresno County revealed a uniform Fresno loan, which in violation of the Brown Act infiltrated confidential information to the media.

The Grand Jury recommends that the board members of the district receive ethics law training with a focus on violations of Brown Act.

The messages drive: The Grand Jury from Fresno County received complaints from citizens about information that was discussed in the meetings with closed meetings of the Fresno Unified Board of Education that were passed on to the media.

• The Brown Act, which guarantees the right to participate in meetings and to participate in meetings, enables selected areas to discuss certain things behind closed doors and to discuss the public's eye, including legal disputes and personnel decisions.
• The disclosure of confidential information, which was discussed in a session with a closed session, is a violation of the Brown Act.

The big picture: According to the Grand Jury report, information from the closed meeting of the Education Committee “Local Media” was published and published.

• “The Grand Jury was not a public prosecutor, but was concerned about Leck's confidential sessions to third parties who violated the Brown Act, and asked for concerns that were expressed in the symptoms obtained,” the report said.
• The report named the FUSD faithmally in question neither nor the media outlet, which published the information for the closed session.
• The Grand Jury found that the current elected school authorities were not aware of the consequences that could arise from violating the Brown Act.

What we observe: The Grand Jury recommended that all school districts in Fresno County should further highlight the training of ethics law, especially for compliance with Brown Act, for all elected members of school authorities.

• It was also recommended that the headmaster of Fresno County Instructions for the development of an onboarding checklist for newly elected board members to identify and monitor state training requirements such as the Brown Act training.

What you say: A spokesman for Fresno Unified told The Sun that the district will currently check the Grand Jury report and to ensure compliance with all recommendations.