Legal counsel requests advice from the Board so that it can best litigate cases.  Florida Statute 286.011 expressly permits such a meeting to occur in private so long as the procedures in the statute are followed.  One of the procedures first requires legal counsel to ask the Board for such advice.

If the Board grants this request from legal counsel, a private meeting will be scheduled after the conclusion of the Work Session on May 10, 2022. Prior to that public Work Session, formal notice of the private meeting will be made in the manner outlined by the statute.  The topic discussed at that private meeting will solely be settlement negotiations and strategy sessions related to litigation expenditures.  The only attendees at the private meeting will be the attorneys for the Board, outside counsel Rob Robinson, the Superintendent, and the Board members.   

To vote in favor of scheduling a specially set private meeting pursuant to FS 286.011(8) after the conclusion of the May 10, 2022 Work Session to discuss settlement negotiations and/or strategy sessions related to litigation expenditures.