LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Attorney General Daniel Cameron said the Jefferson County Board of Education violated policy for not allowing a man inside of a meeting because he was not wearing a mask.
Cameron released his decision on Monday after Kurt Wallace submitted his complaint last August.
Wallace claimed he tried to attend a board meeting at the VanHoose Education Center on Newburg Road when officers stopped him and asked him to put on a mask.
Cameron claimed it was a violation of the Open Meetings Act.
However, the Board argues the mask was a requirement to enter the JCPS building, not the meeting itself.
The Open Meetings Act does allow for some exceptions, but Cameron said they must be to protect the “order” of the meeting. He argued a mask would not affect this.
The JCPS Board is allowed to appeal the decision.
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