Walk It Through: The School Board Question
A records request, four business days, a meeting notice, and an agenda changed the night before.
A parent wants the school district's bus contract and sends a written request to the district office.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One district. Records withheld under other sections, closed sessions, and suing to enforce either act are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- ChargeA written charge under oath filed with the Equal Opportunity Commission within three hundred days after the practice.
- CustodianThe official who holds a public record and answers a written request for it, no more than four business days after receiving it.
- Public recordsAll records and documents, in any form, of the state, a county, city, village, political subdivision or tax-supported district, and any of their agencies.
- Public bodyA government board or council whose meetings are open so citizens may attend and speak, because the formation of public policy is public business.