What makes me angry today

I was perusing my local school district's annual School Board statement online and was struck by the following Q&A (emphasis is mine):

Have Lincoln's union's agreed to changes that will help alleviate our district's financial challenges?

By law, the Board is not at liberty to discuss details of the collective bargaining process. We are looking forward to far and equitable collective bargaining agreements with all of our district's unions.

What kind of garbage is it that the law requires that educational financial decisions be conducted via backroom dealings?