31(1)Subject to subsections (3), (4) and (5), all meetings of a Parent School Support Committee or District Education Council are open to the public, and no person shall be excluded from a meeting except for improper conduct.

31(2)Where, in the opinion of the chair of a Parent School Support Committee or District Education Council, a member of the public is guilty of improper conduct at a meeting of the Parent School Support Committee or District Education Council, as the case may be, the chair may expel that person from the meeting.

31(3)Where it is necessary at a meeting of a Parent School Support Committee for the Parent School Support Committee to discuss personnel matters in carrying out its duties under the Act, the chair of the Parent School Support Committee shall exclude all members of the public from the meeting for the duration of the discussion.

31(4)Where it is necessary at a meeting of a District Education Council for the District Education Council to discuss matters respecting individual pupils or personnel or legal matters in carrying out its duties under the Act, the chair of the District Education Council shall exclude all members of the public from the meeting for the duration of the discussion.

31(5)Where the chair of a District Education Council is of the opinion that it is in the public interest to hold a meeting, or any part of a meeting, of the District Education Council in private on any matter, the chair of the District Education Council may exclude any or all persons from the meeting.