CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – The Clarksville-Montgomery County School Board on Tuesday night approved livestreaming their meetings, along with the funding required to make it happen.
The motion was proposed by board member Aron Maberry and approved unanimously by the board.
Prior to the vote, CMCSS spokesman Anthony Johnson said that if the board approves livestreaming, the staff will begin getting bids and pricing. Once things are in place, they would need some time to test the system, but he predicted they should be able to begin livestreaming in two to three months.
The system for taking video of the meetings was installed three years ago when CMCSS began recording the meetings. That technology also allows for livestreaming, but some system changes will need to be made, along with some additional arrangements for live closed captioning.
There will be a new, recurring cost for Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) services, a closed captioning service that can be provided on location or remotely. Since there are typically two School Board meetings a month, Johnson previously said he anticipates a recurring, annual cost of roughly $3,600 to $7,200.
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