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Mr. Robert W. Hughes Superintendent of Schools School Board of Alachua County 620 East University Avenue Gainesville, Florida 32601-5498

Dear Mr. Hughes:

You ask substantially the following question:

May members of a school board attend and participate in board meetings via electronic means?

In sum:

A school board may use electronic media technology in order for a physically absent member to attend a public meeting of the board if a quorum of the members is physically present.

You state that some members of the school board have expressed a desire to participate in board meetings via electronic…