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Newspaper gets records hearing in sexual assault investigation of Utah State University

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January 26, 2017March 6, 2019 Molly Cooke

In a months-long records battle with Utah State University, Alex Stuckey of the Salt Lake Tribune said she considers her January 12 hearing with the Utah State Records Committee a “half-win” as they promise a result by mid-February.

Tagged FERPA, FOIA, police record, recent-news, Title IX, Utah, Utah STate University

Minnesota high school newspaper files suit to access security video

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January 26, 2017December 4, 2018 Conner Mitchell

Student journalists at St. Louis Park High School in Minnesota have filed a lawsuit against the school seeking access to a hallway surveillance video under the state open records act.

Tagged FERPA, FOIA, Minnesota, recent-news

Brigham Young University Police Department is subject to public records requests, records committee reaffirms

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January 25, 2017March 6, 2019 Monica Kast and James Hoyt

The Salt Lake Tribune has scored a win for campus transparency in what attorney Michael O’Brien called the “first round” in a fight for police records from Brigham Young University.

Tagged Brigham Young University, campus police, FOIA, lawsuit, police records, recent-news, Utah

North Dakota’s pioneer New Voices Law looks for an upgrade

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January 25, 2017December 4, 2018 James Hoyt

North Dakota’s John Wall New Voices Act, the 2015 law that blazed the trail for today’s New Voices bills, is in line for an upgrade.

Tagged legislation, new voices, North Dakota, recent-news

Judge overturns AG decision in Kentucky Kernel records fight

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January 24, 2017December 4, 2018 Conner Mitchell

The Eighth Division Fayette Circuit Court ruled Monday against the Kentucky Kernel student newspaper in its fight to obtain investigation records of a University of Kentucky professor accused of sexual misconduct.

Tagged FERPA, FOIA, Kentucky, Kentucky Kernel, lawsuit, recent-news, Title IX

Newspaper files complaint against Ohio University over presidential search records

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January 24, 2017December 4, 2018 Jessica Kelham-Hohler

A reporter for The Athens News has filed a complaint in the Ohio Court of Claims after a request for background information about the semifinal candidates for the Ohio University presidency was ignored for over a month.

Tagged Ohio, open records, presidential search, recent-news, sack-secrecy

Underground FERPA activism campaign sees mixed results

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January 19, 2017December 4, 2018 Conner Mitchell

Students at one of the nation’s largest private universities are using a little-known tactic as a method of protesting unpopular decisions by university administrators: FERPA requests.

Tagged California, FERPA, protest, recent-news, stanford, Title IX

A pair of California bills tackle media literacy education

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January 19, 2017November 12, 2018 James Hoyt

Battling hoaxes and partisan news, legislators in California are the latest to propose curriculum changes in order to educate students about the media they consume daily.

Tagged blog, Blogroll, California, fake-news, legislation, media-literacy-education, recent-news

After Wyoming Senate kills student privacy bill, legislative proactivity comes into question

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January 18, 2017September 5, 2018 Conner Mitchell

State senators in Wyoming last week voted to indefinitely postpone a bill that would have given students a heightened sense of digital privacy.

Tagged blog, Blogroll, law, legislation, online-privacy, recent-news, student privacy, Wyoming

Vermont introduces New Voices legislation, hears testimony in committee meeting

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January 17, 2017December 4, 2018 Molly Cooke

The introduction of Senate Bill 18 to the Vermont legislature on January 12 is only the latest attempt by Sen. Jeanette White, D-Windham, to codify press freedom for students in Vermont state law.

Tagged legislation, new voices, recent-news, Vermont

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