Barresi Questions Legality Of Board's Action

From www.tulsaworld.com ~ State Superintendent Janet Barresi said she will ask the state attorney general to investigate if the state Board of Education violated Open Meeting laws during a raucous meeting that included name-calling and heated exchanges.

"It was a well-planned and concerted effort to thwart" her work as superintendent, she told the Tulsa World on Friday.

During the meeting, board members took a vote that was not on the agenda.

But that was just one controversy to come out of a meeting marked by "rank partisanship," Barresi said, although she noted that she has heard from Democrats throughout the state who have apologized for the board's behavior.

Read more from this Tulsa World article at http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20110129_19_A1_StateS86354.

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