Dyer v. Board of Education

This appeal involves a dispute between the Howard County Board of Education (“the Board”) and Allen R. Dyer (“Dyer”), a former member of the Board. On March 3, 2011, a hearing was conducted by the Board’s Ethics Panel in response to two complaints that had been filed against Dyer. The hearing was not open to the public. Dyer brought this action in the Circuit Court for Howard County, asserting, inter alia, that the Ethics Panel violated the Maryland Open Meetings Act. On appeal, Dyer presents a single question for our review, which we have rephrased as follows:

Whether the Ethics Panel’s March…