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SDLA Compliance Resource

Set the Regular Meeting Schedule and Post Brown Act Agendas

An implementation guide for establishing the board's regular meeting time and place and posting compliant agendas 72 hours before each regular meeting, in person and on the website.

  • Governance & Board Approval
Date(s)Regular meeting schedule set by bylaws, resolution, or ordinance (commonly at the annual organizational meeting); agendas posted at least 72 hours before each regular meeting and 24 hours before special meetings
Applies toSchool district and county boards, and charter school governing boards (EC 47604.1)

In Plain Language: Under the Brown Act, the board must set the time and place of its regular meetings by bylaws, resolution, or similar action. For each regular meeting it must post an agenda describing every item at least 72 hours in advance, both in a location accessible to the public and prominently on the website homepage. Special meetings need 24 hours' notice.

Why this matters

Actions taken on items that were not properly noticed can be challenged and voided. Posting errors are among the most frequent Brown Act complaints.

Joint ownership

District: superintendent's office and board clerk prepare and post agendas; the web team maintains the homepage link. Board: adopts the meeting schedule.

From a meeting calendar to compliant, posted agendas: the SDLA ITO workflow

This workflow makes each agenda posting verifiable. This SDLA ITO (Input, Transformation, Output) graphic shows how the inputs become the outputs in 9 steps.

SDLA ITO: 9 steps. Input: adopted meeting schedule; agenda items; website access. Transformation: build the agenda; post physically and online; verify the posting. Output: posted agenda; posting declaration; meeting record.
Read down each column, then move to the next: Input identifies what to collect; Transformation covers build the agenda; post physically and online; verify the posting; Output delivers posted agenda; posting declaration; meeting record. Post at least 72 hours before each regular meeting.

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Implementation workflow

  1. Organizational meetingSet the schedule.Adopt the regular meeting dates, times, and place.
  2. A week before each meetingBuild the agenda.Collect items and materials.
  3. 72+ hours beforePost.Post physically and on the website homepage.
  4. At postingDocument.Complete the posting declaration and check the link.

Brown Act agenda checklist

  • Regular meeting schedule adopted.
  • Every item described on the agenda.
  • Posted 72+ hours before in person and on the homepage.
  • Posting declaration retained.

Official guidance and help

Source review completed October 25, 2026. Verify with counsel any local bylaws or recent Brown Act amendments affecting remote participation.