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Educational Institutions Request For Information

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PAC Issues Two Decisions in Favor of School District Decisions to Withhold Student Records and Proprietary Information

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Recently, the Public Access Counselor (PAC) issued two non-binding opinions concerning the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), both upholding school district decisions to exert exemptions and withhold key documents under the...more

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OCR Issues Request for Information Regarding Nondiscriminatory Administration of School Discipline

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Recently, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued a Request for Information that asks members of the public to submit written comments regarding the administration of school discipline in...more

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Public records for private police in Ohio: A refresher

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On May 21, 2015, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled in State ex rel. Schiffbauer v. Banaszak that police departments at private universities are “public offices” subject to Ohio’s public records law. This law requires such police...more

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Recent Illinois Case Addresses the Intersection of Public Data and Privacy in Public Records Laws

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A recent Illinois Appellate Court decision raises interesting questions about how provisions protecting “private information” in open records laws should be interpreted in a world in which a vast wealth of information about...more

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California Public Records Act New Legislation

Part 1: New CPRA Laws for 2020 - While an expansive array of records can be sought via a California Public Records Act request, the right to inspect public records is not without limits. The CPRA does not give unlimited...more

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Appellate Court Holding Extends FOIA to College Foundation

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Recently the Second District Appellate Court issued an opinion holding that the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) applied to certain records in the possession of the College of DuPage Foundation, a 501(c)(3) entity...more

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Illinois Appellate Court finds FOIA does not apply to the IHSA and School District cannot be used to obtain non-public records...

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Recently, the Illinois Appellate Court (First District) issued its decision in Better Government Association v. Illinois High School Association and Consolidated High School District 230 affirming the lower court’s dismissal...more

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