Several Cobb County lawmakers have introduced a bill in the Georgia General Assembly that would require public school districts to air or record public comments at school board meetings.
Six legislators, including Democratic State Rep. Solomon Adesanya of East Cobb, introduced the bill on Friday. HB 989 (you can read it here) would add to an existing state law that requires school boards to provide public comment periods.
Last July the Cobb Board of Education voted on a 4-3 partisan basis to bar the airing of public comments, with the Republican majority and Cobb County School District Superintendent Chris Ragsdale saying it was for legal reasons and to ensure more people get to comment…