Megan Reilly
North Kingstown School Committee Member
School Committee · Current officeholder
Megan Reilly joined the School Committee in December 2024. Her campaign stressed oversight, administrative accountability, and keeping policy work separate from day-to-day district management. She now co-chairs the Building Advisory Committee.
- Current office
- North Kingstown School Committee Member
- Representation
- North Kingstown
- Current status
- In office
- Last profile review
- September 26, 2026
- Official government page
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Overview
- Current office
- North Kingstown School Committee Member
- Body
- School Committee
- First took office
- December 2024
- Representation
- North Kingstown
Committee assignments
Building Advisory Committee · Co-chair
What they say they focus on
These come from campaigns, voter guides, websites, public statements, or self-published pages. They are what the person said, not verified accomplishments.
Campaign position
Campaign themes
What they said. Campaign material emphasized budget oversight, policy, superintendent oversight, educational quality, clearer administrative structure, and staying out of daily district management.
Source: meg4nksc.com
View original statement ↗ (opens in a new tab)Documented record
Votes, motions, agenda requests, and other actions found in official records.
Newest first. Seconding a motion is not a yes vote. Actions by the full Council or Committee are labeled separately.
Private library meeting: disputed accounts
Other
In August 2026, Committee members publicly disagreed over a lengthy private meeting involving two members. The Committee attorney stated there was no Open Meetings Act violation because no quorum was present. Accounts of what was discussed were disputed.
Accounts conflict. This page does not pick a side.
Month taken from secondary reporting (August 2026).
Secondary reporting
Uprise RI · August 2026
North Kingstown School Committee members trade accusations of lying over chair’s three-hour library meeting
Building Advisory Committee: construction oversight questions
Committee action
Building Advisory Committee minutes record Reilly asking questions involving project oversight, accountability, RIDE feedback, RFQ/RFP processes, disclosure of feedback, and payments made to Perkins Eastman.
Official record
North Kingstown School Department · Feb 11, 2025
Building Advisory Committee Minutes, February 12, 2025
Potential gymnasium work: committee opposition
Vote: No
Building Committee minutes record Reilly as the sole opposition to a motion involving $16 million in potential gymnasium work at Fishing Cove and Forest Park if funding became available.
The minutes describe potential work if funding became available.
Official record
North Kingstown School Department · Feb 11, 2025
Building Advisory Committee Minutes, February 12, 2025
Add $16 million to the CIP: second and vote
Motion seconded
Reilly seconded Case's motion to add $16 million to the school Capital Improvement Plan. She then voted against it. The motion passed 3-2.
A second is not a yes vote. Reilly seconded, then voted no.
Result: Motion passed 3-2
Roll call
- Yes
- Dr. Erin W. Earle, Robert Case, Sheri Kennedy
- No
- Jennifer Lima, Megan Reilly
Official record
North Kingstown School Department · Feb 10, 2025
NK Stage 2 Addendum No. 2a: February 11, 2025 School Committee actions
Add $16 million to the CIP: vote no
Vote: No
After seconding the motion, Reilly voted against adding $16 million to the Capital Improvement Plan.
Result: Motion passed 3-2
Roll call
- Yes
- Dr. Erin W. Earle, Robert Case, Sheri Kennedy
- No
- Jennifer Lima, Megan Reilly
Official record
North Kingstown School Department · Feb 10, 2025
NK Stage 2 Addendum No. 2a: February 11, 2025 School Committee actions
Title IX / anti-harassment policy revisions
Vote: Yes
Reilly voted yes on the unanimous Title IX / anti-harassment policy action.
Result: Passed unanimously
Official record
North Kingstown School Department · Feb 10, 2025
NK Stage 2 Addendum No. 2a: February 11, 2025 School Committee actions
Wickford Middle School planned capacity increase
Vote: Yes
Reilly voted yes on the unanimous planned-capacity / reimbursement motion.
Result: Passed unanimously
Official record
North Kingstown School Department · Feb 10, 2025
NK Stage 2 Addendum No. 2a: February 11, 2025 School Committee actions
Shared School Committee context
These items apply to the School Committee as a public body. They are not individual findings against this officeholder.
Rhode Island Attorney General Open Meetings Act decision
Legal/process findingInstitutional finding
The Rhode Island Attorney General found that the North Kingstown School Committee violated the Open Meetings Act in some respects because several June 2026 agenda items were not sufficiently descriptive. The decision rejected other allegations where no discussion or action occurred.
The finding applied to the School Committee as a public body. It is not an individual violation finding against any single member.
Institutional finding: attach to School Committee profiles as shared context.
Official record
Rhode Island Attorney General · Jul 21, 2026
Rhode Island Attorney General Open Meetings Act Decision OM 26-28
North Kingstown issues connected to this record
Schools & School Committee
She seconded the $16 million CIP motion, then voted no. Building Advisory minutes also record her questions on oversight and payments.
Read the Save NK issue brief →Town Transparency
Her page includes an ethics advisory opinion, disputed reporting about a private library meeting, and the Committee-wide Open Meetings Act finding.
Read the Save NK issue brief →Taxes, Bonds & Town Spending
Building Advisory and CIP items on her record relate to school capital spending.
Read the Save NK issue brief →
Ethics, disclosures & recusals
Officials sometimes ask for advisory opinions about outside jobs, recusals, or possible conflicts. When a public record exists, it is summarized here with what the deciding body concluded.
Rhode Island Ethics Commission Advisory Opinion 2025-31
- Why they asked
- Reilly asked whether she could keep working as a per-diem substitute teacher through Effective School Solutions while serving on the School Committee.
- Outside relationship disclosed
- She disclosed per-diem substitute work through Effective School Solutions (ESS), a private company that contracts with NKSD.
- What the Commission concluded
- The Ethics Commission said the employment was allowed.
- Recusal requirements
- She must recuse from School Committee matters that directly financially affect ESS, or where an authorized ESS representative appears before the Committee, with a public-comment exception described in the opinion.
This is an advisory opinion. It is not a finding that she violated the ethics code.
Sources
Every source used on this page is listed below. Town and school records are grouped separately from campaign statements and news reporting.
School Department records
Building Advisory Committee Minutes, February 12, 2025
North Kingstown School Department · 2025-02-12 · Primary source
View original document ↗ (opens in a new tab)NK Stage 2 Addendum No. 2a: February 11, 2025 School Committee actions
North Kingstown School Department · 2025-02-11 · Primary source
View original document ↗ (opens in a new tab)NKSD Building Advisory Committee
North Kingstown School Department · Primary source
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Rhode Island agencies
Rhode Island Attorney General Open Meetings Act Decision OM 26-28
Rhode Island Attorney General · 2026-07-22 · Primary source
View original document ↗ (opens in a new tab)Rhode Island Ethics Commission Advisory Opinion 2025-31
Rhode Island Ethics Commission · 2025 · Primary source
View original document ↗ (opens in a new tab)Rhode Island Ethics Commission Minutes, April 29, 2025
Rhode Island Ethics Commission · 2025-04-29 · Primary source
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Campaign and public statements
Megan Reilly: Letter to the Editor
meg4nksc.com · Campaign or secondary source
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News reporting
North Kingstown School Committee members trade accusations of lying over chair’s three-hour library meeting
Uprise RI · 2026-08 · Campaign or secondary source
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About this profile
Save North Kingstown builds these pages from public records, meeting materials, campaign statements, and other named sources. Campaign and self-published claims are labeled separately from government actions confirmed in primary records.
Last reviewed: September 26, 2026