& ‘OFFICEOFTHEARIZONAATTORNEYGENERAL MARKBRYNOVICH MicHAELS.CATLETT ArtonerGenera. SOLICITORGENERAL'SOFFICE DepuTySoticrroRGENERAL ‘GOVERNMENTACCOUNTABILITYUNIT August13,2021 ByEmailandCertifiedMail, ReturnReceiptRequested JenniferMacLennan,Esq.GustRosenfeldOneEastWashington,Suite1600Phoenix,AZ85004-2553 Re: OpenMeetingLawandtheLitchfieldElementarySchoolDistrictGoverningBoard Ms. MacLennan: As you know, the Office of the Arizona Attorney General (the “Office” received complaints alleging that the Litchfield Elementary School District (the “District”) and its Governing Board (the “Board”)violatedtheArizona Open MeetingLaw(ARS. § 38-431 et. seq.)inconnetionwith: amemberoftheBoardallegedlydiscussinganon-agendized topicand the formation and meeting ofan advisory or subcommitie that has not abided by the Open MeetingLaw. TheOfficereceivedadditionalcomplaintsaboutamemberoftheBoardholding upasignsaying“nottrue”duringapubliccommentperiod. “TheOfficehasconcludedisreview oftheaforementionedcomplaintsandtheOffice’sdeterminationsaredetailedbelow.Violations LI. TheDiversityEmpowermentTeam. A complaint in this matter alleged that the District violated the Open Meeting Law through the formation and meeting of the Diversity Empowerment Team. The question is ‘whethertheDiversityEmpowermentTeamqualifiesasa“publicbody”undertheOpenMecting,Law.Underthecircumstanceshere,theOfficefindsthatitdocs. ARS. §38-431(7)providesthat“[plublicbodyincludesallquasi-judicialbodicsandall standing,specialoradvisorycommitteesorsubcommitteesof,orappointedby,thepublicbody.”TheArizonaAgencyHandbookfurtherprovidesthat“fa]specialorstandingcommitteemayconsistofmembersofthepublicbodywhohavebeenappointedbyorauthorizedtoactforthe 2008NORTHCENTRALAVENUE,PHOENX,AZ85004-1592+ PHONE6025423333 + FAX602.542.4377 +WhWAZAGGOV