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91_SB0807ham002 LRB9106074MWpcam03 1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 807 2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 807 on page 18, 3 line 10, immediately after "Act.", by inserting the 4 following: 5 "Whenever the State Board, pursuant to the Open Meetings Act, 6 closes any meeting, or portion of any meeting, it shall 7 arrange for all discussions, deliberations, and meetings so 8 closed to be transcribed verbatim by a stenographer, 9 certified court reporter, or similar means. The State Board 10 must review and approve the transcripts within 30 days after 11 the date of the closed meeting, and when, in its judgment, 12 the exception of the Open Meetings Act relied upon for 13 authorizing the closing of the meeting, as recorded pursuant 14 to Section 2a of the Open Meetings Act, is no longer 15 applicable, the transcripts must be made available to the 16 public. Any party to a State Board proceeding must be given 17 access to the transcript of any closed meeting pertaining to 18 that proceeding before the expiration of the time within 19 which his or her application for rehearing must be field, 20 upon the signing of an appropriate protective agreement.".