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Wake school board security policy may violate the law

WRAL reports on changes to Wake County Schools’ security policy for its meetings. Now, meetings will require attendees show identification and submit to a simplified background check before entering the meeting.

The article quotes SMVT attorney Mike Tadych, and suggests that the policy may violate the North Carolina Open Meetings laws.

“There are ways to address security concerns that don’t involve you identifying yourself,” said Mike Tadych, a Raleigh lawyer who specializes in open government and media law who often represents media organizations such as WRAL News. He said the LobbyGuard machine creates an “impediment” to attending a school board meeting that merely going through a metal detector does not.

You can find the entire article here.