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The Government Records Council (GRC) ruled last week that the Red Bank Charter School must release demographic data requested under the Open Public Records Act, including records showing a breakdown of the student population by grade, gender, race, eligibility for reduced-price lunches and other indicators of economic status. Under a 2007 court agreement, the school Read More …
Nine months after formally petitioning the Government Records Council (GRC) to expand the window for requesting reconsideration of a GRC decision when new evidence surfaces, NJFOG received word this week that the GRC has declined to change their procedure. The petition for rulemaking filed in March 2016 sought to extend the period of time for Read More …
The drafters of OPRA wisely required records custodians, absent a good reason, to either grant or deny access to requested records within seven business days. Without a hard deadline, records requests could be stalled indefinitely. In a December 9, 2015 letter, the New Jersey Foundation for Open Government (NJFOG) asked the Government Records Council to Read More …
The New Jersey League of Municipalities in cooperation with the New Jersey Government Records Council is holding a webinar titled “A Review of the Open Public Records Act” Webinar on December 10, 2015 from 11:00a.m.-12:00p.m. This webinar will assist the public, local government employees, governing bodies, departments, boards and commissions to better understand the mandatory Read More …
The GRC is holding its annual OPRA seminar in Trenton on Wednesday, August 12. NJFOG is attending. According to OPRA, one of the missions of the Government Records Council (“GRC”) is to educate the public about OPRA. Most years since it was created, the GRC has held an annual seminar that is open to Read More …