Common use of Access to Closed Meeting Minutes Clause in Contracts

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint Agreement's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session, I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : August 16, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 Ottawa THSD 140 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "“keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." ” 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an a protocol for open meeting minute's protocol minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act review (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic materialevery six months, or other official documentary materialas soon after as is practicable, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with taking into account the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets nature and meeting minutesschedule of the Board). 5 ILCS 120/2.06(d), fall into this definitionamended by P.A. 102-653. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission Exhibit 2:220-E9, Requirements for No Physical Presence of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative Public RecordsQuorum and Participation by Audio or Video During Disaster Declaration, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint Agreement's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate process for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation holdcompliance with 105 ILCS 120/7(e), Joint Agreement auditoradded by P.A. 101-640, or other individual authorized by when a board is meeting without a physical quorum present at the School Board or State or federal law meeting location during a disaster declaration related to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minuteshealth concerns.

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session, I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : August 16, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 Xxxxxxxx-Milledgeville CUSD 399 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing Board of Education Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "“keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." ” 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board of Education Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an a protocol for open meeting minute's protocol minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act review (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic materialevery six months, or other official documentary materialas soon after as is practicable, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with taking into account the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets nature and meeting minutesschedule of the Board). 5 ILCS 120/2.06(d), fall into this definitionamended by P.A. 102-653. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission Exhibit 2:220-E9, Requirements for No Physical Presence of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative Public RecordsQuorum and Participation by Audio or Video During Disaster Declaration, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint Agreement's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate process for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation holdcompliance with 105 ILCS 120/7(e), Joint Agreement auditoradded by P.A. 101-640, or other individual authorized by when a board is meeting without a physical quorum present at the School Board or State or federal law meeting location during a disaster declaration related to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minuteshealth concerns.

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : August 17, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 Streator THSD 40 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "“keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." ” 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an a protocol for open meeting minute's protocol minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act review (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic materialevery six months, or other official documentary materialas soon after as is practicable, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with taking into account the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets nature and meeting minutesschedule of the Board). 5 ILCS 120/2.06(d), fall into this definitionamended by P.A. 102-653. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission Exhibit 2:220-E9, Requirements for No Physical Presence of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative Public RecordsQuorum and Participation by Audio or Video During Disaster Declaration, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint Agreement's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate process for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation holdcompliance with 105 ILCS 120/7(e), Joint Agreement auditoradded by P.A. 101-640, or other individual authorized by when a board is meeting without a physical quorum present at the School Board or State or federal law meeting location during a disaster declaration related to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minuteshealth concerns.

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : August 23, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 Xxxxxx School District #98 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "“keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." ” 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an a protocol for open meeting minute's protocol minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act review (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic materialevery six months, or other official documentary materialas soon after as is practicable, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with taking into account the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets nature and meeting minutesschedule of the Board). 5 ILCS 120/2.06(d), fall into this definitionamended by P.A. 102-653. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission Exhibit 2:220-E9, Requirements for No Physical Presence of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative Public RecordsQuorum and Participation by Audio or Video During Disaster Declaration, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint Agreement's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate process for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation holdcompliance with 105 ILCS 120/7(e), Joint Agreement auditoradded by P.A. 101-640, or other individual authorized by when a board is meeting without a physical quorum present at the School Board or State or federal law meeting location during a disaster declaration related to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minuteshealth concerns.

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), ) I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session, I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : December 16, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : February 13, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2019 Bement CUSD 5 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session, I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : August 11, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 Edinburg CUSD 4 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18February 28, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop Evergreen Park CHSD 231 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18: December 19, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2016 CUSD 7 (Tolono) 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-2:250- AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes Are you required to approve them? Must they be semi- annually reviewed? May you release them to the public? May you destroy them? No. Yes, within 30 days or at the next subsequent meeting, whichever is later. A public body shall approve the minutes of its open meeting within 30 days after that meeting or at the public body's second No. Unlike the closed meeting requirement, OMA does not contain semi-annual review requirements for open Yes, must within ten days after minutes are approved. The minutes of meetings open to the public shall be available for public inspection within 10 days after the approval of such minutes by the public body. Beginning July 1, 2006, at the time it complies with other requirements of this subsection, a public body that has a website that the full-time staff of the public body maintains shall post the minutes of a regular meeting of its governing body open to the public on the public body's website within 10 days after the approval of the minutes by the public body. Beginning July 1, 2006, any minutes of meetings open to the public posted on the public body's website shall remain posted on There is no OMA provision permitting the destruction of open meeting minutes, and they must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy them. If a public body would like to destroy open meeting minutes, then it must comply with the subsequent regular meeting, whichever is later. 5 ILCS 120/2.06(b). meeting minutes. the website for at least 60 days after their initial posting. 5 ILCS 120/2.06(b). LRA and work with its Local Records Commission. It is highly unlikely, however, that the Local Records Commission would approve of their destruction. Open Meeting Verbatim Recordings Are you required to approve them? Must they be semi-annually reviewed? May you release them to the public? May you destroy them? No. No. Yes. Possibly. OMA does not require public bodies to approve verbatim recordings of open meetings. Unlike the closed meeting requirement, OMA does not require public bodies to keep verbatim recordings of open meetings. OMA does not contain semi-annual review requirements for open meeting verbatim recordings. Unlike the closed meeting requirement, OMA does not require public bodies to keep verbatim recordings of open meetings. If a public body makes verbatim recordings of open meetings, then such recordings are subject to public disclosure pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (5 ILCS 140/). If a public body would like to destroy open meeting verbatim recordings, then it must comply with the LRA and work with its Local Records Commission. Closed Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : November 9, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 Dakota CUSD 201 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session, I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : August 16, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing Board of Education Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "“keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." ” 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board of Education Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an a protocol for open meeting minute's protocol minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act review (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic materialevery six months, or other official documentary materialas soon after as is practicable, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with taking into account the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets nature and meeting minutesschedule of the Board). 5 ILCS 120/2.06(d), fall into this definitionamended by P.A. 102-653. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission Exhibit 2:220-E9, Requirements for No Physical Presence of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative Public RecordsQuorum and Participation by Audio or Video During Disaster Declaration, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint Agreement's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate process for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation holdcompliance with 105 ILCS 120/7(e), Joint Agreement auditoradded by P.A. 101-640, or other individual authorized by when a board is meeting without a physical quorum present at the School Board or State or federal law meeting location during a disaster declaration related to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minuteshealth concerns.

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recordingclosed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : October 11, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 Bismarck-Henning CUSD 1 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing Board of Education Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "“keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." ” 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board of Education Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an a protocol for open meeting minute's protocol minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act review (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic materialevery six months, or other official documentary materialas soon after as is practicable, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with taking into account the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets nature and meeting minutesschedule of the Board). 5 ILCS 120/2.06(d), fall into this definitionamended by P.A. 102-653. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission Exhibit 2:220-E9, Requirements for No Physical Presence of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative Public RecordsQuorum and Participation by Audio or Video During Disaster Declaration, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint Agreement's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate process for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation holdcompliance with 105 ILCS 120/7(e), Joint Agreement auditoradded by P.A. 101-640, or other individual authorized by when a board is meeting without a physical quorum present at the School Board or State or federal law meeting location during a disaster declaration related to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minuteshealth concerns.

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18February 28, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop Evergreen Park CHSD 231 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-2:250- AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes Are you required to approve them? Must they be semi- annually reviewed? May you release them to the public? May you destroy them? No. Yes, within 30 days or at the next subsequent meeting, whichever is later. A public body shall approve the minutes of its open meeting within 30 days after that meeting or at the public body's second No. Unlike the closed meeting requirement, OMA does not contain semi-annual review requirements for open Yes, must within ten days after minutes are approved. The minutes of meetings open to the public shall be available for public inspection within 10 days after the approval of such minutes by the public body. Beginning July 1, 2006, at the time it complies with other requirements of this subsection, a public body that has a website that the full-time staff of the public body maintains shall post the minutes of a regular meeting of its governing body open to the public on the public body's website within 10 days after the approval of the minutes by the public body. Beginning July 1, 2006, any minutes of meetings open to the public posted on the public body's website shall remain posted on There is no OMA provision permitting the destruction of open meeting minutes, and they must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy them. If a public body would like to destroy open meeting minutes, then it must comply with the subsequent regular meeting, whichever is later. 5 ILCS 120/2.06(b). meeting minutes. the website for at least 60 days after their initial posting. 5 ILCS 120/2.06(b). LRA and work with its Local Records Commission. It is highly unlikely, however, that the Local Records Commission would approve of their destruction. Open Meeting Verbatim Recordings Are you required to approve them? Must they be semi-annually reviewed? May you release them to the public? May you destroy them? No. No. Yes. Possibly. OMA does not require public bodies to approve verbatim recordings of open meetings. Unlike the closed meeting requirement, OMA does not require public bodies to keep verbatim recordings of open meetings. OMA does not contain semi-annual review requirements for open meeting verbatim recordings. Unlike the closed meeting requirement, OMA does not require public bodies to keep verbatim recordings of open meetings. If a public body makes verbatim recordings of open meetings, then such recordings are subject to public disclosure pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (5 ILCS 140/). If a public body would like to destroy open meeting verbatim recordings, then it must comply with the LRA and work with its Local Records Commission. Closed Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 1823, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop Xxxxxx School District #98 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the ) verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : August 11, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 Brimfield CUSD 309 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing Board of Education Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "“keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." ” 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board of Education Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an a protocol for open meeting minute's protocol minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act review (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic materialevery six months, or other official documentary materialas soon after as is practicable, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with taking into account the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets nature and meeting minutesschedule of the Board). 5 ILCS 120/2.06(d), fall into this definitionamended by P.A. 102-653. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission Exhibit 2:220-E9, Requirements for No Physical Presence of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative Public RecordsQuorum and Participation by Audio or Video During Disaster Declaration, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint Agreement's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate process for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation holdcompliance with 105 ILCS 120/7(e), Joint Agreement auditoradded by P.A. 101-640, or other individual authorized by when a board is meeting without a physical quorum present at the School Board or State or federal law meeting location during a disaster declaration related to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minuteshealth concerns.

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18April 17, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop Prairie Hills ESD 144 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18December 12, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2016 Ottawa THSD 140 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:: January 1823, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop New Berlin CUSD 16 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18: December 15, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2016 Xxxxxxx CUSD 139 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-semi- annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes.

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:: January 1817, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop Streator THSD 40 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : September 20, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 Newark CCSD 66 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing Board of Education Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "“keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." ” 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board of Education Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an a protocol for open meeting minute's protocol minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act review (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic materialevery six months, or other official documentary materialas soon after as is practicable, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with taking into account the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets nature and meeting minutesschedule of the Board). 5 ILCS 120/2.06(d), fall into this definitionamended by P.A. 102-653. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission Exhibit 2:220-E9, Requirements for No Physical Presence of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative Public RecordsQuorum and Participation by Audio or Video During Disaster Declaration, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint Agreement's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate process for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation holdcompliance with 105 ILCS 120/7(e), Joint Agreement auditoradded by P.A. 101-640, or other individual authorized by when a board is meeting without a physical quorum present at the School Board or State or federal law meeting location during a disaster declaration related to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minuteshealth concerns.

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me anydisclosures byme of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me anydisclosures byme of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18April 24, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop Williamsville CUSD 15 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded bodyrecorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present physicallypresent or present by means bymeans of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint Agreement's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutesand

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18: July 17, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop Vienna HSD 13-3 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing Board of Education Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board of Education Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board of Education or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board of Education Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : September 28, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 Xxxxxx Heights SD 125 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : July 19, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 Vienna HSD 13-3 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing Board of Education Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "“keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." ” 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board of Education Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an a protocol for open meeting minute's protocol minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act review (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic materialevery six months, or other official documentary materialas soon after as is practicable, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with taking into account the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets nature and meeting minutesschedule of the Board). 5 ILCS 120/2.06(d), fall into this definitionamended by P.A. 102-653. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission Exhibit 2:220-E9, Requirements for No Physical Presence of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative Public RecordsQuorum and Participation by Audio or Video During Disaster Declaration, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint Agreement's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate process for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation holdcompliance with 105 ILCS 120/7(e), Joint Agreement auditoradded by P.A. 101-640, or other individual authorized by when a board is meeting without a physical quorum present at the School Board or State or federal law meeting location during a disaster declaration related to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minuteshealth concerns.

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : August 23, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 Freeburg CCSD 70 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing Board of Education Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board of Education Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board of Education or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board of Education Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting MinutesMinutes Are you required to approve them? Must they be semi- annually reviewed? May you release them to the public? May you destroy them?

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session, I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January DATED : August 18, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 CUSD 7 (Tolono) 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : August 19, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 Woodlawn USD 209 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "“keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." ” 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an a protocol for open meeting minute's protocol minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act review (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic materialevery six months, or other official documentary materialas soon after as is practicable, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with taking into account the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets nature and meeting minutesschedule of the Board). 5 ILCS 120/2.06(d), fall into this definitionamended by P.A. 102-653. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission Exhibit 2:220-E9, Requirements for No Physical Presence of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative Public RecordsQuorum and Participation by Audio or Video During Disaster Declaration, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint Agreement's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate process for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation holdcompliance with 105 ILCS 120/7(e), Joint Agreement auditoradded by P.A. 101-640, or other individual authorized by when a board is meeting without a physical quorum present at the School Board or State or federal law meeting location during a disaster declaration related to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minuteshealth concerns.

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 1819, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop Lexington CUSD 7 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions ((Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : August 4, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 Cornell CCSD 426 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session, I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January DATED : August 18, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 CUSD 7 (Tolono) 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing Board of Education Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "“keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." ” 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board of Education Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an a protocol for open meeting minute's protocol minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act review (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic materialevery six months, or other official documentary materialas soon after as is practicable, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with taking into account the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets nature and meeting minutesschedule of the Board). 5 ILCS 120/2.06(d), fall into this definitionamended by P.A. 102-653. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission Exhibit 2:220-E9, Requirements for No Physical Presence of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative Public RecordsQuorum and Participation by Audio or Video During Disaster Declaration, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint Agreement's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate process for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation holdcompliance with 105 ILCS 120/7(e), Joint Agreement auditoradded by P.A. 101-640, or other individual authorized by when a board is meeting without a physical quorum present at the School Board or State or federal law meeting location during a disaster declaration related to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minuteshealth concerns.

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me anydisclosures byme of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me anydisclosures byme of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18: December 19, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2016 Xxxxxxxxx CUSD 7 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded bodyrecorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present physicallypresent or present by means bymeans of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of summaryof discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes anyvotes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the bythe public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements OMArequirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any bookanybook, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary materialdocumentarymaterial, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or byanyagencyor officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or bysuch agencyor officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those destroythose records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must Countymust work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to Countyto determine how long they must theymust retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must Countymust work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must theymust retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are theyare evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes,

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records A records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records A records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18February 16, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop Xxxxxx SD 33 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18December 21, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2016 Cerro Gordo CUSD 100 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : September 28, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 Xxxxxx Heights SD 125 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing Board of Education Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "“keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." ” 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board of Education Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an a protocol for open meeting minute's protocol minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act review (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic materialevery six months, or other official documentary materialas soon after as is practicable, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with taking into account the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets nature and meeting minutesschedule of the Board). 5 ILCS 120/2.06(d), fall into this definitionamended by P.A. 102-653. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission Exhibit 2:220-E9, Requirements for No Physical Presence of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative Public RecordsQuorum and Participation by Audio or Video During Disaster Declaration, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint Agreement's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate process for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation holdcompliance with 105 ILCS 120/7(e), Joint Agreement auditoradded by P.A. 101-640, or other individual authorized by when a board is meeting without a physical quorum present at the School Board or State or federal law meeting location during a disaster declaration related to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minuteshealth concerns.

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : August 4, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 Williamsville CUSD 15 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing Board of Education Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "“keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." ” 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board of Education Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an a protocol for open meeting minute's protocol minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act review (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic materialevery six months, or other official documentary materialas soon after as is practicable, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with taking into account the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets nature and meeting minutesschedule of the Board). 5 ILCS 120/2.06(d), fall into this definitionamended by P.A. 102-653. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission Exhibit 2:220-E9, Requirements for No Physical Presence of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative Public RecordsQuorum and Participation by Audio or Video During Disaster Declaration, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint Agreement's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate process for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation holdcompliance with 105 ILCS 120/7(e), Joint Agreement auditoradded by P.A. 101-640, or other individual authorized by when a board is meeting without a physical quorum present at the School Board or State or federal law meeting location during a disaster declaration related to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minuteshealth concerns.

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : July 15, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 Dallas ESD 327 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18: February 21, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop Newark CCSD 66 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records A records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records A records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : November 17, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 Xxxxxx SD 33 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18August 15, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop Dakota CUSD 201 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : July 19, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 Wabash CUSD 348 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing Board of Education Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "“keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." ” 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board of Education Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an a protocol for open meeting minute's protocol minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act review (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic materialevery six months, or other official documentary materialas soon after as is practicable, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with taking into account the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets nature and meeting minutesschedule of the Board). 5 ILCS 120/2.06(d), fall into this definitionamended by P.A. 102-653. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission Exhibit 2:220-E9, Requirements for No Physical Presence of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative Public RecordsQuorum and Participation by Audio or Video During Disaster Declaration, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint Agreement's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate process for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation holdcompliance with 105 ILCS 120/7(e), Joint Agreement auditoradded by P.A. 101-640, or other individual authorized by when a board is meeting without a physical quorum present at the School Board or State or federal law meeting location during a disaster declaration related to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minuteshealth concerns.

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18: December 12, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2016 LaGrange SD 105 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me anydisclosures byme of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me anydisclosures byme of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 189, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop Nauvoo-Colusa CUSD 325 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded bodyrecorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present physicallypresent or present by means bymeans of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of summaryof discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes anyvotes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the bythe public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements OMArequirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-2:220- E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any bookanybook, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary materialdocumentarymaterial, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or byanyagencyor officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or bysuch agencyor officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those destroythose records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must Countymust work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to Countyto determine how long they must theymust retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must Countymust work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must theymust retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are theyare evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain theycontain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are theyare subject to a retention request by the bythe Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the bythe School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the bythe Illinois Local Records Act, may be maybe destroyed when authorized by the bythe Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18APPROVED: September 15, 2017 2021 DATED : September 15, 2021 Midstate Special Education Coop 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "“keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." ” 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an a protocol for open meeting minute's protocol minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act review (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic materialevery six months, or other official documentary materialas soon after as is practicable, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with taking into account the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets nature and meeting minutesschedule of the Board). 5 ILCS 120/2.06(d), fall into this definitionamended by P.A. 102-653. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission Exhibit 2:220-E9, Requirements for No Physical Presence of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative Public RecordsQuorum and Participation by Audio or Video During Disaster Declaration, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint Agreement's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate process for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation holdcompliance with 105 ILCS 120/7(e), Joint Agreement auditoradded by P.A. 101-640, or other individual authorized by when a board is meeting without a physical quorum present at the School Board or State or federal law meeting location during a disaster declaration related to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minuteshealth concerns.

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18: December 20, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2016 Vandalia CUSD 203 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me anydisclosures byme of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me anydisclosures byme of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18: December 19, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2016 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded bodyrecorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present physicallypresent or present by means bymeans of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of summaryof discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes anyvotes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the bythe public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements OMArequirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-2:220- E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any bookanybook, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary materialdocumentarymaterial, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or byanyagencyor officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or bysuch agencyor officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those destroythose records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must Countymust work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to Countyto determine how long they must theymust retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must Countymust work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must theymust retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are theyare evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes,

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18: February 27, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop CCSD 168 (Sauk Village) 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-2:250- AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes Are you required to approve them? Must they be semi- annually reviewed? May you release them to the public? May you destroy them? No. Yes, within 30 days or at the next subsequent meeting, whichever is later. A public body shall approve the minutes of its open meeting within 30 days after that meeting or at the public body's second No. Unlike the closed meeting requirement, OMA does not contain semi-annual review requirements for open Yes, must within ten days after minutes are approved. The minutes of meetings open to the public shall be available for public inspection within 10 days after the approval of such minutes by the public body. Beginning July 1, 2006, at the time it complies with other requirements of this subsection, a public body that has a website that the full-time staff of the public body maintains shall post the minutes of a regular meeting of its governing body open to the public on the public body's website within 10 days after the approval of the minutes by the public body. Beginning July 1, 2006, any minutes of meetings open to the public posted on the public body's website shall remain posted on There is no OMA provision permitting the destruction of open meeting minutes, and they must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy them. If a public body would like to destroy open meeting minutes, then it must comply with the subsequent regular meeting, whichever is later. 5 ILCS 120/2.06(b). meeting minutes. the website for at least 60 days after their initial posting. 5 ILCS 120/2.06(b). LRA and work with its Local Records Commission. It is highly unlikely, however, that the Local Records Commission would approve of their destruction. Open Meeting Verbatim Recordings Are you required to approve them? Must they be semi-annually reviewed? May you release them to the public? May you destroy them? No. No. Yes. Possibly. OMA does not require public bodies to approve verbatim recordings of open meetings. Unlike the closed meeting requirement, OMA does not require public bodies to keep verbatim recordings of open meetings. OMA does not contain semi-annual review requirements for open meeting verbatim recordings. Unlike the closed meeting requirement, OMA does not require public bodies to keep verbatim recordings of open meetings. If a public body makes verbatim recordings of open meetings, then such recordings are subject to public disclosure pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (5 ILCS 140/). If a public body would like to destroy open meeting verbatim recordings, then it must comply with the LRA and work with its Local Records Commission. Closed Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18April 24, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop Williamsville CUSD 15 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:: January 1823, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop New Berlin CUSD 16 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes Are you required to approve them? Must they be semi- annually reviewed? May you release them to the public? May you destroy them? No. Yes, within 30 days or at the next subsequent meeting, whichever is later. A public body shall approve the minutes of its open meeting within 30 days after that meeting or at the public body's second No. Unlike the closed meeting requirement, OMA does not contain semi-annual review requirements for open Yes, must within ten days after minutes are approved. The minutes of meetings open to the public shall be available for public inspection within 10 days after the approval of such minutes by the public body. Beginning July 1, 2006, at the time it complies with other requirements of this subsection, a public body that has a website that the full-time staff of the public body maintains shall post the minutes of a regular meeting of its governing body open to the public on the public body's website within 10 days after the approval of the minutes by the public body. Beginning July 1, 2006, any minutes of meetings open to the public posted on the public body's website shall remain posted on There is no OMA provision permitting the destruction of open meeting minutes, and they must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy them. If a public body would like to destroy open meeting minutes, then it must comply with the subsequent regular meeting, whichever is later. 5 ILCS 120/2.06(b). meeting minutes. the website for at least 60 days after their initial posting. 5 ILCS 120/2.06(b). LRA and work with its Local Records Commission. It is highly unlikely, however, that the Local Records Commission would approve of their destruction. Open Meeting Verbatim Recordings Are you required to approve them? Must they be semi-annually reviewed? May you release them to the public? May you destroy them? No. No. Yes. Possibly. OMA does not require public bodies to approve verbatim recordings of open meetings. Unlike the closed meeting requirement, OMA does not require public bodies to keep verbatim recordings of open meetings. OMA does not contain semi-annual review requirements for open meeting verbatim recordings. Unlike the closed meeting requirement, OMA does not require public bodies to keep verbatim recordings of open meetings. If a public body makes verbatim recordings of open meetings, then such recordings are subject to public disclosure pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (5 ILCS 140/). If a public body would like to destroy open meeting verbatim recordings, then it must comply with the LRA and work with its Local Records Commission. Closed Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected Elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected Elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18February 15, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop Fairmont SD 89 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : August 26, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 Xxxxxxx CCSD 188 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing Board of Education Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "“keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." ” 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board of Education Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an a protocol for open meeting minute's protocol minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act review (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic materialevery six months, or other official documentary materialas soon after as is practicable, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with taking into account the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets nature and meeting minutesschedule of the Board). 5 ILCS 120/2.06(d), fall into this definitionamended by P.A. 102-653. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission Exhibit 2:220-E9, Requirements for No Physical Presence of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative Public RecordsQuorum and Participation by Audio or Video During Disaster Declaration, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint Agreement's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate process for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation holdcompliance with 105 ILCS 120/7(e), Joint Agreement auditoradded by P.A. 101-640, or other individual authorized by when a board is meeting without a physical quorum present at the School Board or State or federal law meeting location during a disaster declaration related to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minuteshealth concerns.

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : August 23, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 Freeburg CCSD 70 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing Board of Education Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "“keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." ” 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board of Education Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an a protocol for open meeting minute's protocol minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act review (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic materialevery six months, or other official documentary materialas soon after as is practicable, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with taking into account the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets nature and meeting minutesschedule of the Board). 5 ILCS 120/2.06(d), fall into this definitionamended by P.A. 102-653. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission Exhibit 2:220-E9, Requirements for No Physical Presence of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative Public RecordsQuorum and Participation by Audio or Video During Disaster Declaration, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint Agreement's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate process for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation holdcompliance with 105 ILCS 120/7(e), Joint Agreement auditoradded by P.A. 101-640, or other individual authorized by when a board is meeting without a physical quorum present at the School Board or State or federal law meeting location during a disaster declaration related to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minuteshealth concerns.

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18August 15, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop Dakota CUSD 201 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-2:250- AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes Are you required to approve them? Must they be semi- annually reviewed? May you release them to the public? May you destroy them? No. Yes, within 30 days or at the next subsequent meeting, whichever is later. A public body shall approve the minutes of its open meeting within 30 days after that meeting or at the public body's second No. Unlike the closed meeting requirement, OMA does not contain semi-annual review requirements for open Yes, must within ten days after minutes are approved. The minutes of meetings open to the public shall be available for public inspection within 10 days after the approval of such minutes by the public body. Beginning July 1, 2006, at the time it complies with other requirements of this subsection, a public body that has a website that the full-time staff of the public body maintains shall post the minutes of a regular meeting of its governing body open to the public on the public body's website within 10 days after the approval of the minutes by the public body. Beginning July 1, 2006, any minutes of meetings open to the public posted on the public body's website shall remain posted on There is no OMA provision permitting the destruction of open meeting minutes, and they must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy them. If a public body would like to destroy open meeting minutes, then it must comply with the subsequent regular meeting, whichever is later. 5 ILCS 120/2.06(b). meeting minutes. the website for at least 60 days after their initial posting. 5 ILCS 120/2.06(b). LRA and work with its Local Records Commission. It is highly unlikely, however, that the Local Records Commission would approve of their destruction. Open Meeting Verbatim Recordings Are you required to approve them? Must they be semi-annually reviewed? May you release them to the public? May you destroy them? No. No. Yes. Possibly. OMA does not require public bodies to approve verbatim recordings of open meetings. Unlike the closed meeting requirement, OMA does not require public bodies to keep verbatim recordings of open meetings. OMA does not contain semi-annual review requirements for open meeting verbatim recordings. Unlike the closed meeting requirement, OMA does not require public bodies to keep verbatim recordings of open meetings. If a public body makes verbatim recordings of open meetings, then such recordings are subject to public disclosure pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (5 ILCS 140/). If a public body would like to destroy open meeting verbatim recordings, then it must comply with the LRA and work with its Local Records Commission. Closed Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 1817, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop Villa Grove CUSD 302 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-2:250- AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes Are you required to approve them? Must they be semi- annually reviewed? May you release them to the public? May you destroy them? No. Yes, within 30 days or at the next subsequent meeting, whichever is later. A public body shall approve the minutes of its open meeting within 30 days after that meeting or at the public body's second No. Unlike the closed meeting requirement, OMA does not contain semi-annual review requirements for open Yes, must within ten days after minutes are approved. The minutes of meetings open to the public shall be available for public inspection within 10 days after the approval of such minutes by the public body. Beginning July 1, 2006, at the time it complies with other requirements of this subsection, a public body that has a website that the full-time staff of the public body maintains shall post the minutes of a regular meeting of its governing body open to the public on the public body's website within 10 days after the approval of the minutes by the public body. Beginning July 1, 2006, any minutes of meetings open to the public posted on the public body's website shall remain posted on There is no OMA provision permitting the destruction of open meeting minutes, and they must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy them. If a public body would like to destroy open meeting minutes, then it must comply with the subsequent regular meeting, whichever is later. 5 ILCS 120/2.06(b). meeting minutes. the website for at least 60 days after their initial posting. 5 ILCS 120/2.06(b). LRA and work with its Local Records Commission. It is highly unlikely, however, that the Local Records Commission would approve of their destruction. Open Meeting Verbatim Recordings Are you required to approve them? Must they be semi-annually reviewed? May you release them to the public? May you destroy them? No. No. Yes. Possibly. OMA does not require public bodies to approve verbatim recordings of open meetings. Unlike the closed meeting requirement, OMA does not require public bodies to keep verbatim recordings of open meetings. OMA does not contain semi-annual review requirements for open meeting verbatim recordings. Unlike the closed meeting requirement, OMA does not require public bodies to keep verbatim recordings of open meetings. If a public body makes verbatim recordings of open meetings, then such recordings are subject to public disclosure pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (5 ILCS 140/). If a public body would like to destroy open meeting verbatim recordings, then it must comply with the LRA and work with its Local Records Commission. Closed Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18December 19, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2016 East Moline SD 37 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-2:250- AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes Are you required to approve them? Must they be semi- annually reviewed? May you release them to the public? May you destroy them? No. Yes, within 30 days or at the next subsequent meeting, whichever is later. A public body shall approve the minutes of its open meeting within 30 days after that meeting or at the public body's second No. Unlike the closed meeting requirement, OMA does not contain semi-annual review requirements for open Yes, must within ten days after minutes are approved. The minutes of meetings open to the public shall be available for public inspection within 10 days after the approval of such minutes by the public body. Beginning July 1, 2006, at the time it complies with other requirements of this subsection, a public body that has a website that the full-time staff of the public body maintains shall post the minutes of a regular meeting of its governing body open to the public on the public body's website within 10 days after the approval of the minutes by the public body. Beginning July 1, 2006, any minutes of meetings open to the public posted on the public body's website shall remain posted on There is no OMA provision permitting the destruction of open meeting minutes, and they must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy them. If a public body would like to destroy open meeting minutes, then it must comply with the subsequent regular meeting, whichever is later. 5 ILCS 120/2.06(b). meeting minutes. the website for at least 60 days after their initial posting. 5 ILCS 120/2.06(b). LRA and work with its Local Records Commission. It is highly unlikely, however, that the Local Records Commission would approve of their destruction. Open Meeting Verbatim Recordings Are you required to approve them? Must they be semi-annually reviewed? May you release them to the public? May you destroy them? No. No. Yes. Possibly. OMA does not require public bodies to approve verbatim recordings of open meetings. Unlike the closed meeting requirement, OMA does not require public bodies to keep verbatim recordings of open meetings. OMA does not contain semi-annual review requirements for open meeting verbatim recordings. Unlike the closed meeting requirement, OMA does not require public bodies to keep verbatim recordings of open meetings. If a public body makes verbatim recordings of open meetings, then such recordings are subject to public disclosure pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (5 ILCS 140/). If a public body would like to destroy open meeting verbatim recordings, then it must comply with the LRA and work with its Local Records Commission. Closed Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : August 23, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 Freeburg CCSD 70 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing Board of Education Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board of Education Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board of Education or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board of Education Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting MinutesMinutes Are you required to approve them? Must they be semi- annually reviewed? May you release them to the public? May you destroy them? Yes, within 30 days No. Yes, must within ten days No. There is no OMA provision permitting the destruction of open meeting minutes, and they must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy them. If a public body would like to destroy open meeting minutes, then it must comply with the LRA and work with its Local Records Commission. It is highly unlikely, however, that the Local Records Commission would approve of their destruction. or at the next subsequent meeting, whichever is later. Unlike the closed meeting requirement, OMA does not contain semi-annual review after minutes are approved. The minutes of meetings open to the public shall A public body shall approve the requirements for open meeting minutes. be available for public inspection within 10 days minutes of its open after the approval of such meeting within 30 minutes by the public days after that body. Beginning July 1, meeting or at the 2006, at the time it public body's complies with other second requirements of this subsequent regular subsection, a public body meeting, whichever that has a website that the is later. 5 ILCS full-time staff of the public 120/2.06(b). body maintains shall post the minutes of a regular meeting of its governing body open to the public on the public body's website within 10 days after the approval of the minutes by the public body. Beginning July 1, 2006, any minutes of meetings open to the public posted on the public body's website shall remain posted on the website for at least 60 days after their initial posting. 5 ILCS 120/2.06(b). Open Meeting Verbatim Recordings Are you required Must they be semi- May you release them May you destroy them? to approve them? annually reviewed? to the public? No. No. Yes. Possibly. OMA does not require public bodies to approve verbatim recordings of open meetings. Unlike the closed meeting requirement, OMA does not require public bodies to keep verbatim recordings of open meetings. OMA does not contain semi- annual review requirements for open meeting verbatim recordings. Unlike the closed meeting requirement, OMA does not require public bodies to keep verbatim recordings of open meetings. If a public body makes verbatim recordings of open meetings, then such recordings are subject to public disclosure pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (5 ILCS 140/). If a public body would like to destroy open meeting verbatim recordings, then it must comply with the LRA and work with its Local Records Commission. Closed Meeting Minutes Are you required to approve them? Must they be semi- annually reviewed? May you release them to the public? May you destroy them?

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18: March 15, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop West Xxxxxxx CUSD 314 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes Are you required to approve them? Must they be semi- annually reviewed? May you release them to the public? May you destroy them? No. Yes, within 30 days or at the next subsequent meeting, whichever is later. A public body shall approve the minutes of its open meeting within 30 days after that meeting or at the public body's second No. Unlike the closed meeting requirement, OMA does not contain semi-annual review requirements for open Yes, must within ten days after minutes are approved. The minutes of meetings open to the public shall be available for public inspection within 10 days after the approval of such minutes by the public body. Beginning July 1, 2006, at the time it complies with other requirements of this subsection, a public body that has a website that the full-time staff of the public body maintains shall post the minutes of a regular meeting of its governing body open to the public on the public body's website within 10 days after the approval of the minutes by the public body. Beginning July 1, 2006, any minutes of meetings open to the public posted on the public body's website shall remain posted on There is no OMA provision permitting the destruction of open meeting minutes, and they must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy them. If a public body would like to destroy open meeting minutes, then it must comply with the subsequent regular meeting, whichever is later. 5 ILCS 120/2.06(b). meeting minutes. the website for at least 60 days after their initial posting. 5 ILCS 120/2.06(b). LRA and work with its Local Records Commission. It is highly unlikely, however, that the Local Records Commission would approve of their destruction. Open Meeting Verbatim Recordings Are you required to approve them? Must they be semi-annually reviewed? May you release them to the public? May you destroy them? No. No. Yes. Possibly. OMA does not require public bodies to approve verbatim recordings of open meetings. Unlike the closed meeting requirement, OMA does not require public bodies to keep verbatim recordings of open meetings. OMA does not contain semi-annual review requirements for open meeting verbatim recordings. Unlike the closed meeting requirement, OMA does not require public bodies to keep verbatim recordings of open meetings. If a public body makes verbatim recordings of open meetings, then such recordings are subject to public disclosure pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (5 ILCS 140/). If a public body would like to destroy open meeting verbatim recordings, then it must comply with the LRA and work with its Local Records Commission. Closed Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18December 19, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2016 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:: January 189, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop Big Hollow SD 38 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting MinutesMinutes Are you required to approve them? Must they be semi- annually reviewed? May you release them to the public? May you destroy them? No. Yes, within 30 days or at the next subsequent meeting, whichever is later. A public body shall approve the minutes of its open meeting within 30 days after that meeting or at the public body's second subsequent No. Unlike the closed meeting requirement, OMA does not contain semi-annual review requirements for open meeting Yes, must within ten days after minutes are approved. The minutes of meetings open to the public shall be available for public inspection within 10 days after the approval of such minutes by the public body. Beginning July 1, 2006, at the time it complies with other requirements of this subsection, a public body that has a website that the full-time staff of the public body maintains shall post the minutes of a regular meeting of its governing body open to the public on the public body's website within 10 days after the approval of the minutes by the public body. Beginning July 1, 2006, any minutes of meetings open to the public posted on the public body's website shall remain posted on There is no OMA provision permitting the destruction of open meeting minutes, and they must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy them. If a public body would like to destroy open meeting minutes, then it must comply with the LRA and work with its

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18December 19, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2016 East Moline SD 37 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 189, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop Nauvoo-Colusa CUSD 325 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Director or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Director or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : August 11, 2017 Midstate 2021 Lockport Special Education Coop Ed District 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "“keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." ” 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an a protocol for open meeting minute's protocol minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act review (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic materialevery six months, or other official documentary materialas soon after as is practicable, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with taking into account the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets nature and meeting minutesschedule of the Board). 5 ILCS 120/2.06(d), fall into this definitionamended by P.A. 102-653. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission Exhibit 2:220-E9, Requirements for No Physical Presence of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative Public RecordsQuorum and Participation by Audio or Video During Disaster Declaration, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint Agreement's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate process for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation holdcompliance with 105 ILCS 120/7(e), Joint Agreement auditoradded by P.A. 101-640, or other individual authorized by when a board is meeting without a physical quorum present at the School Board or State or federal law meeting location during a disaster declaration related to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minuteshealth concerns.

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : September 13, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 Rosemont ESD 78 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing Board of Education Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "“keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." ” 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board of Education Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an a protocol for open meeting minute's protocol minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act review (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic materialevery six months, or other official documentary materialas soon after as is practicable, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with taking into account the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets nature and meeting minutesschedule of the Board). 5 ILCS 120/2.06(d), fall into this definitionamended by P.A. 102-653. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission Exhibit 2:220-E9, Requirements for No Physical Presence of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative Public RecordsQuorum and Participation by Audio or Video During Disaster Declaration, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint Agreement's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate process for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation holdcompliance with 105 ILCS 120/7(e), Joint Agreement auditoradded by P.A. 101-640, or other individual authorized by when a board is meeting without a physical quorum present at the School Board or State or federal law meeting location during a disaster declaration related to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minuteshealth concerns.

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : September 14, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 Winchester CUSD 1 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing Board of Education Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "“keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." ” 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board of Education Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an a protocol for open meeting minute's protocol minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act review (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic materialevery six months, or other official documentary materialas soon after as is practicable, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with taking into account the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets nature and meeting minutesschedule of the Board). 5 ILCS 120/2.06(d), fall into this definitionamended by P.A. 102-653. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission Exhibit 2:220-E9, Requirements for No Physical Presence of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative Public RecordsQuorum and Participation by Audio or Video During Disaster Declaration, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint Agreement's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate process for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation holdcompliance with 105 ILCS 120/7(e), Joint Agreement auditoradded by P.A. 101-640, or other individual authorized by when a board is meeting without a physical quorum present at the School Board or State or federal law meeting location during a disaster declaration related to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minuteshealth concerns.

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session, I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : August 16, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 Ottawa THSD 140 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session, I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:DATED : January 1810, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2022 Odin Public SD 722 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing Board of Education Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "“keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." ” 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board of Education Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an a protocol for open meeting minute's protocol minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act review (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic materialevery six months, or other official documentary materialas soon after as is practicable, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with taking into account the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets nature and meeting minutesschedule of the Board). 5 ILCS 120/2.06(d), fall into this definitionamended by P.A. 102-653. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission Exhibit 2:220-E9, Requirements for No Physical Presence of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative Public RecordsQuorum and Participation by Audio or Video During Disaster Declaration, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint Agreement's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate process for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation holdcompliance with 105 ILCS 120/7(e), Joint Agreement auditoradded by P.A. 101-640, or other individual authorized by when a board is meeting without a physical quorum present at the School Board or State or federal law meeting location during a disaster declaration related to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minuteshealth concerns.

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Director or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Director or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:: January 1811, 2017 Midstate Lockport Special Education Coop Ed District 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement District records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : July 19, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 Wabash CUSD 348 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18December 19, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2016 Dongola USD 66 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18: February 16, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop Midwest Central CUSD 191 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : August 3, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 Diamond Lake SD 76 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing Board of Education Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "“keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." ” 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board of Education Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an a protocol for open meeting minute's protocol minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act review (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic materialevery six months, or other official documentary materialas soon after as is practicable, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with taking into account the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets nature and meeting minutesschedule of the Board). 5 ILCS 120/2.06(d), fall into this definitionamended by P.A. 102-653. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission Exhibit 2:220-E9, Requirements for No Physical Presence of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative Public RecordsQuorum and Participation by Audio or Video During Disaster Declaration, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint Agreement's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate process for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation holdcompliance with 105 ILCS 120/7(e), Joint Agreement auditoradded by P.A. 101-640, or other individual authorized by when a board is meeting without a physical quorum present at the School Board or State or federal law meeting location during a disaster declaration related to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minuteshealth concerns.

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:: January 1817, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop Streator THSD 40 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-2:250- AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes Are you required to approve them? Must they be semi- annually reviewed? May you release them to the public? May you destroy them? No. Yes, within 30 days or at the next subsequent meeting, whichever is later. A public body shall approve the minutes of its open meeting within 30 days after that meeting or at the public body's second No. Unlike the closed meeting requirement, OMA does not contain semi-annual review requirements for open Yes, must within ten days after minutes are approved. The minutes of meetings open to the public shall be available for public inspection within 10 days after the approval of such minutes by the public body. Beginning July 1, 2006, at the time it complies with other requirements of this subsection, a public body that has a website that the full-time staff of the public body maintains shall post the minutes of a regular meeting of its governing body open to the public on the public body's website within 10 days after the approval of the minutes by the public body. Beginning July 1, 2006, any minutes of meetings open to the public posted on the public body's website shall remain posted on There is no OMA provision permitting the destruction of open meeting minutes, and they must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy them. If a public body would like to destroy open meeting minutes, then it must comply with the subsequent regular meeting, whichever is later. 5 ILCS 120/2.06(b). meeting minutes. the website for at least 60 days after their initial posting. 5 ILCS 120/2.06(b). LRA and work with its Local Records Commission. It is highly unlikely, however, that the Local Records Commission would approve of their destruction. Open Meeting Verbatim Recordings Are you required to approve them? Must they be semi-annually reviewed? May you release them to the public? May you destroy them? No. No. Yes. Possibly. OMA does not require public bodies to approve verbatim recordings of open meetings. Unlike the closed meeting requirement, OMA does not require public bodies to keep verbatim recordings of open meetings. OMA does not contain semi-annual review requirements for open meeting verbatim recordings. Unlike the closed meeting requirement, OMA does not require public bodies to keep verbatim recordings of open meetings. If a public body makes verbatim recordings of open meetings, then such recordings are subject to public disclosure pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (5 ILCS 140/). If a public body would like to destroy open meeting verbatim recordings, then it must comply with the LRA and work with its Local Records Commission. Closed Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : August 4, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 Williamsville CUSD 15 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session, I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : July 20, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 Xxxxxxx East Lincoln CCSD 61 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing Board of Education Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "“keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." ” 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board of Education Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an a protocol for open meeting minute's protocol minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act review (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic materialevery six months, or other official documentary materialas soon after as is practicable, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with taking into account the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets nature and meeting minutesschedule of the Board). 5 ILCS 120/2.06(d), fall into this definitionamended by P.A. 102-653. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission Exhibit 2:220-E9, Requirements for No Physical Presence of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative Public RecordsQuorum and Participation by Audio or Video During Disaster Declaration, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint Agreement's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate process for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation holdcompliance with 105 ILCS 120/7(e), Joint Agreement auditoradded by P.A. 101-640, or other individual authorized by when a board is meeting without a physical quorum present at the School Board or State or federal law meeting location during a disaster declaration related to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minuteshealth concerns.

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : August 19, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 Woodlawn USD 209 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : November 15, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 East Moline SD 37 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the ) verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : August 11, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 Brimfield CUSD 309 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing Board of Education Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board of Education Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board of Education or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board of Education Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18December 19, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2016 Brownstown CUSD 201 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint Agreement's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting MinutesSection

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : August 19, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 Xxxxxx CUSD 305 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing Board of Education Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "“keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." ” 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board of Education Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an a protocol for open meeting minute's protocol minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act review (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic materialevery six months, or other official documentary materialas soon after as is practicable, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with taking into account the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets nature and meeting minutesschedule of the Board). 5 ILCS 120/2.06(d), fall into this definitionamended by P.A. 102-653. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission Exhibit 2:220-E9, Requirements for No Physical Presence of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative Public RecordsQuorum and Participation by Audio or Video During Disaster Declaration, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint Agreement's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate process for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation holdcompliance with 105 ILCS 120/7(e), Joint Agreement auditoradded by P.A. 101-640, or other individual authorized by when a board is meeting without a physical quorum present at the School Board or State or federal law meeting location during a disaster declaration related to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minuteshealth concerns.

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18: December 19, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2016 CUSD 7 (Tolono) 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18December 19, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2016 Brownstown CUSD 201 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session, I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : August 16, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : August 11, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 Annawan CUSD 226 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : November 15, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 East Moline SD 37 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "“keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." ” 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an a protocol for open meeting minute's protocol minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act review (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic materialevery six months, or other official documentary materialas soon after as is practicable, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with taking into account the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets nature and meeting minutesschedule of the Board). 5 ILCS 120/2.06(d), fall into this definitionamended by P.A. 102-653. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission Exhibit 2:220-E9, Requirements for No Physical Presence of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative Public RecordsQuorum and Participation by Audio or Video During Disaster Declaration, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint Agreement's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate process for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation holdcompliance with 105 ILCS 120/7(e), Joint Agreement auditoradded by P.A. 101-640, or other individual authorized by when a board is meeting without a physical quorum present at the School Board or State or federal law meeting location during a disaster declaration related to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minuteshealth concerns.

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : August 23, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 LaGrange SD 105 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 189, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop Nauvoo-Colusa CUSD 325 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes.

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18: December 19, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2016 Xxxxxxxx-Milledgeville CUSD 399 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint Agreement's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting MinutesSection

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session, I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : August 19, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 Xxxxxxx CUSD 139 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session, I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January DATED : August 18, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 Xxxxxxxx County CUSD 20 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18: February 27, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop CCSD 168 (Sauk Village) 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : August 17, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 Ofallon CCSD 90 2:220-E8 E9 Exhibit - Governing Board Records Maintenance Requirements for No Physical Presence of Quorum and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open Participation by Audio or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint Agreement's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting MinutesVideo During Disaster Declaration

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 1819, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop North Chicago CUSD 187 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutes

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board Bd. of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 197 Ill.App.3d 592 (2nd Dist. 1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me of information in the closed session verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:January 18DATED : August 3, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop 2021 Diamond Lake SD 76 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing Board of Education Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board of Education Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative District Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint AgreementDistrict's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement District auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board of Education or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board of Education Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement district records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting MinutesMinutes Are you required to approve them? Must they be semi- annually reviewed? May you release them to the public? May you destroy them?

Access to Closed Meeting Minutes. Duplicate this section for each grant of access to closed meeting minutes. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the closed meeting minutes: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me anydisclosures byme of information in the closed session minutes not yet released to the public could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date Verbatim Recording Access Duplicate this section for each grant of access to verbatim recordings. Date: Time: Storage Location: Name of person(s) responsible for storing the verbatim recording: Access granted Date access occurred: Start time: End time: Requesting Board member's name (Please print) In the presence of: (Check appropriate box and insert name on line.) Records secretary Administrative official of the public body Any elected official of the public body Recording Secretary Superintendent or designated administrator Elected Board member Access denied Access unavailable. Xxxxxxxx recording requested is older than 18 months and was destroyed pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). For requesting Board member: (Read the following and sign below.) While the Open Meetings Act does not provide a cause of action against me or the Board for disclosing closed session discussions (Xxxxxxx v. Board of Police Commissioners, 555 N.E. 2d 35 (1990)), I acknowledge and understand that any disclosures by me anydisclosures byme of information in the verbatim recordings could subject me to a possible civil action alleging that I created harm to another, i.e., an intentional tort(s). Requesting Board Member Signature Date DATED:: January 1817, 2017 Midstate Special Education Coop Streator THSD 40 2:220-E8 Exhibit - Governing School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQs Open Meetings Act The Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires public bodies to "keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording." 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). Minutes must include, but are not limited to: (1) the date, time, and place of the meeting; (2) the members of the public body recorded bodyrecorded as either present or absent and whether the members were physically present physicallypresent or present by means bymeans of video or audio conference; and (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and record of any votes taken. Id. The remainder of Section 2.06 addresses the approval of open meeting minutes, the treatment of verbatim recordings of closed meetings, the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, the confidential nature of closed meeting minutes, and the right of persons to address public officials under rules established and recorded by the public body. The requirements of Section 2.06, as well as OMA requirements pertaining to Board agendas, are included in policy 2:220, School Board Meeting Procedure. Exhibit 2:220-E3, Closed Meeting Minutes, provides a sample template for keeping closed meeting minutes that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also includes an area to designate if the Board has determined, pursuant to Section 2.06(d), that the closed meeting minutes no longer need confidential treatment. Exhibit 2:220-E4, Open Meeting Minutes, contains an open meeting minute's protocol that incorporates the requirements of Section 2.06 of OMA. It also provides a sample template for keeping open meeting minutes. Exhibit 2:220-E5, Semi-Annual Reviewof Closed Meeting Minutes, contains a process for implementing the semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes, and exhibit 2:220-E6, Log of Closed Meeting Minutes, is designed to facilitate this semi-annual review. Local Records Act The Local Records Act (LRA) provides that public records, including "any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connections with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer" must be preserved unless the State Local Records Commission has given permission to destroy those records. 50 ILCS 205/3 and 7. Board records, including agendas, meeting packets and meeting minutes, fall into this definition. Public bodies located in Cook County must work with the Local Records Commission of Cook County to determine how long they must retain public records. Public bodies located outside of Cook County must work with the Downstate Local Records Commission to determine how long they must retain public records. Policy 2:250, Access to Cooperative Public Records, contains a subhead entitled Preserving Public Records which provides as follows: Public records, including email messages, shall be preserved and cataloged if: (1) they are evidence of the Joint Agreement's organization, function, policies, procedures, or activities, (2) they contain informational data appropriate for preservation, (3) their retention is required by State or federal law, or (4) they are subject to a retention request by the Board Attorney (e.g., a litigation hold), Joint Agreement auditor, or other individual authorized by the School Board or State or federal law to make such a request. Unless its retention is required as described in items numbered 3 or 4 above, a public record, as defined by the Illinois Local Records Act, may be destroyed when authorized by the Local Records Commission. See the sample policy, 2:200, School Board Meeting Procedure, for all relevant footnotes. Also see administrative procedure 2:250-AP2, Protocols for Record Preservation and Development of Retention Schedules, for recommendations regarding school Joint Agreement records retention protocols and links to web-based record management resources. Open Meeting Minutesand