A public governing body can resolve violations of Colorado’s open meetings law through a subsequent meeting, the Colorado Supreme Court affirmed on Monday.

The ruling stemmed from a lawsuit filed against Woodland Park RE-2’s Board of Education by a parent, who alleged that the board violated the state’s open meetings law at a 2022 meeting and only cured the violation at a subsequent meeting.

The court ruled that public bodies can “cure” these types of violations if they comply with the open meetings law and don’t simply “rubber-stamp” prior decisions. It also ruled that the plaintiff is entitled to costs and reasonable attorney fees if such a violation is successfully proven in court.

Colorado’s open meetings law provides that all meetings that include at least three members of a local

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