{
 "topic": "OMA section 7(c)",
 "statute": "5 ILCS 120/7(c)",
 "family": "Remote attendance",
 "page": "https://illinoisfoia.org/issues/oma-7-c/",
 "note": "Determination letters are non-binding. Verify against the source PDF before citing.",
 "counts": {
  "violation_found": 2,
  "no_violation": 0,
  "no_determination": 0,
  "other": 0
 },
 "challenge_notes": null,
 "issues": [
  {
   "issue": "Remote attendance without adopted rules",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "A public body may allow remote attendance only in accordance with rules it has formally adopted; rules issued by a superintendent who is not the public body do not satisfy this requirement.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Remote attendance by board members without adopted rules",
    "date": "2023-04-11",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-74521/"
   },
   "authorities": []
  },
  {
   "issue": "Failure to follow remote attendance roll call rules",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "Remote attendance is allowed only to the extent permitted by the public body's adopted rules, and the Commission did not follow its own roll call procedure.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A member participating by telephone at a meeting",
    "date": "2019-06-28",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-56086/"
   },
   "authorities": []
  }
 ]
}