Opinion No. (2002)

BILL LOCKYER Attorney General THOMAS S. LAZAR Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE WESLEY CHESBRO, MEMBER OF THE STATE SENATE, has requested an opinion on the following questions: 1. May a county board of education meet in closed session under the "personnel exception" of the Ralph M. Brown Act to consider the appointment, employment, evaluation of performance, discipline, or dismissal of certificated or classified employees of the county superintendent of schools? 2. May a county board of education meet in closed session under the "labor negotiations exception" of the Ralph M. Brown Act to consider the salaries or compensation paid in the form of fringe benefits to certificated or classified employees of the county superintendent of schools? 1. A county board of education may not meet in closed session under the "personnel exception" of the Ralph M. Brown Act to consider the appointment, employment, evaluation of performance, discipline, or dismissal of certificated or classified employees of the county superintendent of schools. 2. A county board of education may not meet in closed session under the "labor negotiations exception" of the Ralph M. Brown Act to consider the…