On March 28, 2025, Governor Maura Healey signed into law An Act Extending Certain COVID-19 Measures Adopted During the State of Emergency (the “Act”), extending COVID-era amendments to the Open Meeting Law and permitting state and local public bodies to continue offering remote and hybrid access to their public meetings through June 30, 2027. Specifically, the Act permits public bodies to provide the public with “adequate, alternative means” of access to the bodies’ meetings — including remote access via telephone and audio- or video-conferencing — rather than restricting the public exclusively to in-person access to such meetings. The Act also extends through June 30, 2027, the ability of any or all members of a public body to participate remotely in a meeting of the public body, whether or not a quorum of the public body or the chair of the public body attends the meeting in person.
Krokidas & Bluestein is committed to providing clients with updated guidance and best practices across all the Firm’s practice areas. For more information on the requirements of the Open Meeting Law, see K&B’s November 2024 client alert entitled “Mid-Semester Reminder: Open Meeting Law Refresher.” In addition, please reach out to K&B attorneys Elka Sachs (esachs@kb-law.com), Bettina Toner (btoner@kb-law.com), or Eric Jordan (ejordan@kb-law.com) with any questions or requests your organization may have with respect to the Open Meeting Law or any other topic addressed by Krokidas & Bluestein LLP’s Education Law Practice.
Krokidas & Bluestein LLP’s Education Law Practice provides a full array of advice and guidance to charter schools and other education entities on a wide range of legal matters, including student discipline, special education, employment, governance, tax, regulatory and compliance matters, real estate, financing, and litigation.
