SUNSHINE WEEK: Results from our open-records test for school district financial data

The Student Press Law Center called 15 public school districts across America asking for the superintendent’s expense reimbursements for the 2006-07 school year. Below is the list of districts we contacted and the responses we received.

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Districts contacted

District

Reimbursement or response to records request

Jenks Public Schools

Oklahoma

$3,974.70

East Baton Rouge ParishSchool System

Louisiana

$11,076.57

Maine Township High SchoolDistrict

Illinois

$4048.77

Anson County Schools

North Carolina

$1,170.11

Phoenix Union High SchoolDistrict

Arizona

$3,826.17

Garrett County Schools

Maryland

$1,245.66

Elmbrook School District

Wisconsin

$694.41

Laguna Beach Unified Schools

California

$18,527.60

Sioux Falls School District

South Dakota

$298.17

Miami-Dade Public Schools

Florida

no response

Cincinnati Public Schools

Ohio

no response

Dallas Independent SchoolDistrict

Texas

responded, request pending

St. Louis Public SchoolDistrict

Missouri

responded, request pending

Laramie County SchoolDistrict #1

Wyoming

responded, request pending

Bradley County Schools

Tennessee

request denied

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