BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) North Dakota's House has killed a measure that would have allowed the Board of Higher Education to hold discussions in secret on the hiring and firing of a university system chancellor.
The House defeated the bill 83-5 on Monday. The Senate had approved the measure earlier.
The higher education board pushed to have chancellor discussion held in executive session unless the chancellor or candidate being considered asks for the discussion to be public.
Interim Chancellor Larry Skogen says holding a secret meeting allows board members to be more candid in discussing evaluations of the chancellor.
North Dakota Newspaper Association attorney Jack McDonald says the public should not be left out of the process.