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Tag: access to public records

Pennsylvania open records legislation has stalled

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October 1, 2012September 5, 2018 Jordan Bradley

Legislation that would bring four colleges in Pennsylvania under the same open records laws as other government agencies has stalled as the state legislature’s session nears its close.

Tagged access to public records, Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State University, Temple University, University of Pittsburgh

Proposed Michigan bill would limit fees for public records

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September 26, 2012September 5, 2018 Bailey McGowan

A proposed Michigan bill would amend the state’s Freedom of Information Act to limit fees and increase the consequences for delays in responding to requests.

Tagged access to public records, Michigan

Media groups join briefs in support of opening N.C. private police records

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September 25, 2012September 5, 2018 Bailey McGowan

Nine organizations have joined briefs in support of an Elon University alumnus’ efforts to make private school police department records public in North Carolina.

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

Illinois paper continues fight for records related to coach resignations

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September 21, 2012September 5, 2018 Samantha Raphelson

The State Journal-Register has appealed a district court’s decision limiting the release of documents containing information about the resignation of two University of Illinois Springfield softball coaches in 2009.

Tagged access to public records, Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, Illinois, University of Illinois-Springfield

N.C. state judge issues decision in UNC FERPA case

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August 9, 2012September 5, 2018 Sara Gregory

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act does not protect records relating to the violation of NCAA rules regarding impermissible benefits received by student-athletes, a North Carolina judge has decided.

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

N.J. high court rules university legal clinics exempt from public records law

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July 9, 2012September 5, 2018 Taylor Moak

Records related to the cases of legal clinics at public law schools are not subject to New Jersey’s public records law, under a new state Supreme Court ruling.

Tagged access to public records, New Jersey, Rutgers University

Ohio Supreme Court rules some OSU football investigation records can remain private

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June 19, 2012September 5, 2018 Sydni Dunn

The Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered Ohio State University to hand over some – but not all – of the documents requested by ESPN in 2011 in relation to the NCAA’s investigation of former football coach Jim Tressel.

Tagged access to public records, athletic records, Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, Ohio, Ohio State University

Court: Voter registration applications must be made public

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June 18, 2012September 5, 2018 Sydni Dunn

Voter registration applications are public documents, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.

Tagged access to public records, Virginia

N.H. school board ordered to turn over sealed meeting minutes

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June 14, 2012September 5, 2018 Taylor Moak

A district’s school board must make public the minutes of a private board meeting about possible misuse of funds, a state judge has ruled.

Tagged access to public records, New Hampshire, Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative School District

Appeals court: Private college police not covered by N.C. open records law

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June 5, 2012December 4, 2018 Seth Zweifler

Privateuniversity police departments in North Carolina are not subject to the state’sopen records law, the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.

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

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