Office of Information Practices

S Memo 25-05
May 13, 2025
Sufficiency of Agenda

Requester asked whether the State Public Charter School Commission (PCSC) violated the Sunshine Law by discussing topics not listed on the agenda for PCSC’s meetings on May 26, 2022, and June 20, 2022.  Because OIP already addressed the meeting on May 26, 2022, in S MEMO 24-01, OIP only addressed whether PCSC violated the Sunshine Law for the meeting on June 20, 2022.

OIP found that the agenda for the meeting on June 20, 2022, did not sufficiently inform the public of what “Parent Complaints” PCSC’s staff had investigated and would be reporting on, and therefore a member of the public could not reasonably anticipate that PCSC would discuss Kamalani Academy’s student records or the projected student enrollment.  OIP therefore concluded that PCSC’s discussion on these topics violated the Sunshine Law.

OIP also found that while PCSC’s staff’s report made a reference to Kamalani Academy’s governance agendas and board minutes, PCSC does not appear to have discussed this topic during the meeting.  Therefore, OIP concluded that PCSC did not violate the Sunshine Law by discussing this topic.