FOIA

 
Categories of the District’s Public Records

 The following list identifies the types of public records maintained and available for public inspection:

• Administrative materials and procedural rules; 
  Board of Education policies and final documents explaining or interpreting such policies;
• Final reports and studies prepared by or for the District;
• Information concerning the expenditure of public funds, unless otherwise exempt from disclosure under FOIA;
• Names, salaries, titles, and dates of employment for all District employees and officers;
• Minutes of Board of Education meetings open to the public;
• Information concerning grants or contracts made by the District, unless otherwise exempt from disclosure under FOIA;
• All other information required by law to be made available for public inspection and copying.

• Board of Education policies
• Minutes of Board of Education meetings open to the public;
• Collective bargaining agreements;
• Administrators’ Compensation Report;
• Current School District Budget Report;
• List of Contracts in Excess of $25,000.

• No fees shall be charged for the first 50 pages of black and white, letter or legal sized copies requested.
• Thereafter, a fee of $0.15 per page will be charged for each additional black and white, letter or legal sized copy.
• For all other copies, including color copies, the District shall charge no more than the actual cost for reproducing the records.
• The District may charge the requester for the actual cost of purchasing a recording medium, whether disc, diskette, tape, or other medium.
• The cost for certifying a public record shall be $1.00
• For commercial requests, the District will charge $10.00 per hour for every hour over eight hours spent by personnel in searching for and retrieving a requested record.
• For commercial requests, the District will charge the actual cost of retrieving and transporting public records from an off-site storage facility when the public records are maintained by a third-party storage company under contract with the School District.
• For commercial requests that are charged for personnel time or the cost of retrieval from a third-party storage company, the District will provide the requester with an accounting of all fees, costs, and personnel hours in connection with the request for public records.
• Public records may be furnished without charge or at a reduced charge if the individual requesting the public records states specifically the purpose for the request and the reasons that a waiver or reduction of the fee is in the public interest. Waiver or reduction of the fee may be determined to be in the public interest if the principal purpose of the request is to access and disseminate information regarding the health, safety, and welfare or the legal rights of the general public and is not for the principal purpose of personal or commercial benefit. In determining the amount of waiver or reduction, the District may take into consideration the amount of materials requested and the cost of copying them.

• North Elementary School for grades PreK-5, located at 9500 Gage Street
• Lawrence W. Passow Elementary School for grades PreK-5, located at 2838 Calwagner Street
• Dan H. Pietrini Elementary School for grades PreK-5, located at 9750 Fullerton Avenue
• Vance C. Hester Junior High School for grades 6-8, located at 2836 Gustav Street