Opinion: Assembly Bill 721 undermines public notice requirements and transparency
The internet has made life complicated by dispersing more information through an abundance of channels and platforms, but it has also given people the ability to search and find specific information about the latest high-tech product, shoes or golf club.
Many years ago, the Legislature identified certain public information as important enough to warrant consistent publishing in specified places, namely local newspapers.Whether the subject is education, environmental hazards, financial matters or other issues, the public needs to know where the notice will be published and how they can easily and consistently access that information in the present and the future.
Proponents claim that placing something on a website provides sufficient notice since everyone can access the internet and the school website.The entire purpose of a “public notice” is to display information in places where the public is likely to come into notice. If local residents do not have a student in the school district, they would not be routinely visiting the school district website and would not be aware of the posting of the district budget.
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