MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The Charleston Gazette-Mail has filed a lawsuit in Mon County Circuit Court alleging the WVU Board of Governors violated open meeting laws.
Meetings were held on five occasions where topics like social justice, capital projects, budgets, the pandemic, federal Title IX regulations and tuition, according to court documents.
The West Virginia open meeting statute allows organizations that receive public funds to meet in executive session to discuss topics like litigation and personnel matters only.
The suit filed by Charleston-based DiPiero Simmons McGinley and Bastress seeks attorney fees, asks the court to declare the sessions unlawful and order future executive sessions adhere to state law.