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Office of Open Records Holds That Certain Records of a Booster Group Are Not Records of the School District

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Lowry v. Rose Tree Media School District, AP 2024-2478 (Dec. 5, 2024). The Office of Open Records holds that registration forms for a cross-country meet that was organized and run by a booster group on school district...more

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Requests Must Seek Records, Not Ask Questions (Section 703) – Insufficiently Specific Requests – Denying Requests

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Earlier posts have discussed whether the requester has submitted a valid request that: 1) uses the proper form; 2) is properly addressed to and has been received by the open records officer; 3) is sufficiently specific; and...more

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The 5-Business Day Response Period Begins when the Agency’s Open Records Officer Receives the Request (Section 703 of the RTKL)

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Previously, we discussed that, to be valid, a RTKL Request must be “generally” addressed to the agency’s open records officer. In addition, we’ve briefly discussed that an agency has five business days from receipt of a...more

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Failure to Address the Request to the Open Records Officer (Section 703 of the RTKL) – Invalid Requests

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While Section 703 of the Right to Know Law (“RTKL”) authorizes a requester to submit a request in person, by mail, by e-mail or facsimile, the requester must generally address the request to the agency’s open records officer...more

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