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A&A: Accessing university’s decision making on promotions and tenure

FAC June 9, 2015

Q:  I’m working on a book on the discovery of AIDS. The discoverer was denied support for his promotion and tenure by his department’s promotion and tenure committee. I wish to obtain all documents related to this decision. Two questions: 1. Can I obtain them using FOIA? 2. Do I address the FOIA to the University’s department of medicine? the Regents of the CA university system? Or whom? Thanks. How long should I wait for a

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A&A: School Superintendent Goals: Public or Private?

FAC August 14, 2014

Q: School Superintendent Goals: Public or Private? Under the Brown Act, does a school board have the obligation to disclose the goals they set for the district superintendent of schools? Similarly, do they have the obligation to disclose the evaluation criteria for the superintendent of schools? The evaluation criteria for teachers is in the public record, so why not the same for the superintendent? A: The Brown Act governs public access to meetings and provides

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A&A: Is gender of foster care staff public information?

FAC August 13, 2014

Q: We are investigating sexual abuse in a foster care shelter. We requested the gender for two staff members because they have ambiguous names. The county asserted that Section 6254(c), the personnel records exceptions applies. Staffing decisions at the facility are made based on gender (male staff members are not supposed to oversee female resident’s baths), which makes their gender material to their employment. The county attorney has been unwilling in the past to address our responses

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A&A: School denies access to all info about coach fired amid rumors players’ were abused.

FAC March 9, 2014

Q: I cover school sports for the local newspaper and recently a coach was fired amid rumors that he/she was abusive toward players. Apparently the schools  feel no obligation to answer questions on the troubling situation. When asked, they invoke the phrase “personnel matter” like a talisman, and won’t say anything beyond either “the coach remains employed here” or “the coach is no longer employed here.” Am I out of luck in this case, or

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A&A: District denies teacher access to defaming emails

FAC November 12, 2013

Q: As a school district employee, what are my rights regarding access to emails received by the district from an outside agency regarding me?  It involves accusations and I feel I have a right to know exactly what the allegations are. The school district has been slow to even acknowledge my request to see and get copies of the emails. A: Under the Public Records Act (CPRA), a record prepared or maintained by a public

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