Opinion No. (2007)

EDMUND G. BROWN JR. Attorney General MARC J. NOLAN Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE GREGORY TOTTEN, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, COUNTY OF VENTURA, has requested an opinion on the following questions: 1. Under the Ralph M. Brown Act, may the Superintendent of Schools of a high school district prohibit an administrative employee of the district from attending a public school board meeting? 2. Under the Ralph M. Brown Act, may the Superintendent of Schools of a high school district prohibit an administrative employee of the district from speaking during the public comment period of a public school board meeting on an agenda item concerning his demotion from assistant high school principal to a teaching position? *Page 2 CONCLUSIONS 1. Under the Ralph M. Brown Act, the Superintendent of Schools of a high school district may not prohibit an administrative employee of the district from attending a public school board meeting. 2. Under the Ralph M. Brown Act, the Superintendent of Schools of a high school district may not prohibit an administrative employee of the district from speaking during the public comment period of a public school board meeting on an agenda item concerning his…