School board association sued for policies that 'unconstitutionally silence parents'

The Missouri School Boards Association is being sued for not producing its communications about school boards meeting public comment policies with the National School Boards Association, the National Education Association and local school boards.

The Southeastern Legal Foundation on Tuesday filed a lawsuit accusing the state school board group of violating Missouri's Sunshine law, which requires meetings and records to be made public. 

"When we see local school boards across various states all changing their policies in an effort to limit public comment and unconstitutionally silence parents, we have an obligation to the public to find out who is driving these changes," SLF General Counsel Kimberly Hermann said in a press release.

"That is why SLF submitted its original Sunshine Law request to the MSBA," she added.