March 21, 2016
First Amendment rights on college campuses
I have run into some First Amendment issues on my college campus. My participation in basic First Amendment activity has…
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Asked & Answered
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June 9, 2015
Accessing university’s decision making on promotions and tenure
I’m working on a book on the discovery of AIDS. The discoverer was denied support for his promotion and tenure…
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June 14, 2014
State university won’t disclose student cafeteria workers’ pay
I’m a journalist at a state university where our student cafeteria came under fire from the administration over a party they’d…
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March 9, 2014
School denies access to all info about coach fired amid rumors players’ were abused.
I cover school sports for the local newspaper and recently a coach was fired amid rumors that he/she was abusive…
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November 12, 2013
District denies teacher access to defaming emails
As a school district employee, what are my rights regarding access to emails received by the district from an outside…
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September 13, 2013
State Agency I worked for is denying my records’ request, but documents do exist!
I used to work for the State of California. I lost my job and I am trying to get information…
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July 26, 2013
Charter schools and the CPRA
I submitted a CPRA to the Charter School my child attends. I attached a table of 36 sets of board…
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May 21, 2013
School district denies all complaint related CPRA requests
According to Title 5, California Code of Regulations, Section 4630: “All parties involved in allegations in a complaint shall be…
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May 16, 2012
Parents not invited to meeting that resulted in removing their autistic student from public school
A group of parents circulated a petition to remove my autistic son from a public school.
They submitted this petition…
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March 20, 2012
Globe trotting university official keeps tabs on dog sends bill to tax payers
I’m looking into a dean at one of the state universities who appears to spend a lot of university money…