Public Testimony at Regular School Board Meetings

The Seattle School Board welcomes members of the public to the Regular meetings of the Board and dedicates time at these meetings to hear from the public on agenda items and other issues of concern.

It is important for all community members to feel welcome and safe in the Board’s business meetings. Audience members will be expected to treat all attendees with respect and civility, just as Seattle Public Schools expects of students in our schools.

Public testimony will be taken in person and by teleconference from those who sign up to provide testimony and who are placed on the testimony list per the process described below.

Per Board Policy 1400, the first 25 individuals who sign up for public testimony are placed on the testimony list. Additional speakers are placed on a waiting list and may be called to provide testimony during the meeting if individuals on the testimony list are not available when called to provide testimony.

To sign up for public testimony, members of the public should sign up online. The online form to sign up will be open between 8 a.m. on the Monday before the meeting and 12:00 p.m. the day of the meeting.

Sign-up form is available in Amharic, Spanish, Vietnamese, and Simplified Chinese.