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A&A: School district denies request for annual audit

FAC July 27, 2011

Q: The local school district  responded to my request for copies of the proposals submitted for annual bond performance audits as follows, ”The District is unable to produce the requested information until after the contract has been awarded.”  What is your opinion? A: Unfortunately, there is a California Supreme Court decision in which the court said that a response to a request for proposal (“RFP”) was not required to be disclosed to the public during

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A&A: The board reached ‘a unanimous decision’ but also claimed ‘no action was taken’ in closed session

FAC May 25, 2011

Q: I am a director of a charter high school who was recently put on administrative leave (via an email that stated it was by unanimous decision of the board) following a closed meeting at which they announced “No action was taken.” I do not understand how no action could have been taken yet there was a unanimous decision of the Board. There have been multiple Brown Act violations by this board but this is

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Student Press Law Center adds voice to expelled student protester case

FAC April 12, 2011

The Student Press Law Center has filed a brief in support of a student who in 2007 was summarily expelled from Valdosta State University, Georgia, for protesting the buidling of  a parking garage, a pet project of then school president Ronald Zaccari. In  2010 U.S. District Judge Charles Pannell of the Northern District of Georgia ruled not only that Zaccari had violated Barnes’ right to a due process hearing, but that the law so clearly

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A&A: Public Universities, Listservs, and Destruction of Records

firstamendment June 14, 2009

Q: Our local, university-run public radio station, has been attempting to create a “confidentiality policy” to prevent entries in its online volunteer listserv from appearing in the newspaper. Because I believe the taxpayer-funded listserv content is a public document, I filed a PRA request for one day’s worth of postings. The university has replied that it keeps no copies of the listserv postings, and cannot provide them. They seem to have acknowledged that the listserv

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A&A: Charter schools and public oversight

firstamendment June 14, 2009

Q: I have reason and documentation to believe that the charter school my children attend has not been properly permitted and fire codes have been violated. The Governing Board falls under the Brown Act as a California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation. Can I request and receive copies of permits from the school for the portable classrooms on campus? Because one of the Board members is affiliated with the City Office I was told I couldn’t

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