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Tag: access to public records

LSU uses private foundation to conduct secret presidential search

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February 22, 2013September 5, 2018 Daniel Moore

Louisiana State University is keeping secret the names of more than 30 candidates competing to be the next president by conducting the search through its private foundation.

Tagged access to public records, executive personnel searches, Louisiana, Louisiana State University

Arizona legislator proposes state-level penalties for violating FERPA

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February 19, 2013September 5, 2018 Daniel Moore

An Arizona lawmaker wants to impose state-level penalties to schools that release student information that's illegal under a federal student privacy law.

Tagged access to public records, Arizona, Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

N.C. Supreme Court hears arguments in case involving private school police records

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February 13, 2013September 5, 2018 Daniel Moore

The North Carolina Supreme Court considered Wednesday whether private school police records are public under the state’s open records law.

Tagged access to public records, campus police records, elon university, North Carolina, North Carolina Supreme Court, private college police records

Wyoming legislators seek to void ruling making public documents related to presidential search

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January 28, 2013September 5, 2018 Sara Tirrito

A state judge’s ruling last week that the University of Wyoming must make public documents containing the identities of the school’s presidential search finalists might become void if the state’s lawmakers approve newly introduced legislation.

Tagged access to public records, executive personnel searches, University of Wyoming, Wyoming

State attorney general upholds University of Kentucky decision to withhold records

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December 7, 2012December 4, 2018 Bailey McGowan

The University of Kentucky doesn’t have to release records about a basketball player to the school’s student newspaper, the state attorney general’s office has ruled.

Tagged access to public records, athletic records, Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, Kentucky, The Kentucky Kernel, University of Kentucky

After state attorney general's ruling, University of Nebraska releases records to student newspaper

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November 15, 2012September 5, 2018 Jordan Bradley

Officials at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have released records related to its plan to privatize the university's health services following a letter from the state attorney general’s office that said the records were public.

Tagged access to public records, Nebraska, The Daily Nebraskan, University of Nebraska

Superdome contractor agrees to release attendance figures to Tulane editor

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October 26, 2012September 5, 2018 Samantha Raphelson

The editor of Tulane’s student newspaper has finally received the football attendance records he’s been asking for since May, thanks to a settlement with the private company that holds the records.

Tagged access to public records, Louisiana, The Tulane Hullaballo, Tulane University

UNC will release records to media group as part of settlement in FERPA case

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October 26, 2012September 5, 2018 Bailey McGowan

A two-year battle for documents detailing an investigation in NCAA violations is over, with public records being released to The Daily Tar Heel and other media organizations today and in the coming days.

Tagged access to public records, athletic records, Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, The Daily Tar Heel, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Salt Lake Tribune wins release of records documenting coach's inappropriate relationship

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October 12, 2012September 5, 2018 Bailey McGowan

Records documenting an inappropriate relationship between a student and a former high school football coach aren’t protected by FERPA, a Utah committee on public records has ruled.

Tagged access to public records, athletic records, Cottonwood High School, Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, Granite School District, Utah

Tulane editor suing Louisiana for football attendance records

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October 12, 2012September 5, 2018 Samantha Raphelson

The editor of Tulane’s student newspaper is suing the state of Louisiana for attendance records from football games the school played at the Superdome.

Tagged access to public records, Louisiana, The Tulane Hullabaloo, Tulane University

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