

The School District shall note in its records both the time a written request is delivered to its spam or junk mail folder and the time the School District first becomes aware of that request. If a written request is sent by electronic mail and delivered to the School District’s spam or junk mail folder, the request is not received until one (1) day after the School District first becomes aware of the written request. A written request made electronic mail is not received by the School District’s FOIA Coordinator until one (1) business day after the electronic transmission is made. For requests sent by electronic transmission, the following shall apply: Contact information must include a valid telephone number or electronic mail address. if the request is made by a person other than an individual, the complete name, address, and contact information of the person’s agent who is an individual.Īn address must be written in compliance with United States Postal Service addressing standards.the requesting person’s complete name, address, and contact information, and.A request from a person must include the following (unless the request is from an individual who qualifies as indigent under Section 4(2)(a) of the FOIA): Requester Contact Information Required.If not, the request may be denied on that basis. Requests in writing must identify the public record sufficiently to allow the School District to find the requested record. Whenever possible, requests for public records should be directed to the following recipients so that the information can reach the FOIA Coordinator: A request can be made through a letter or sent by electronic transmission. Except as provided in Section III.B above, a person desiring to inspect, copy or receive a copy of a public record shall make a written request for the public record to the School District. In such case, an employee, where practicable and to the best of his or her knowledge, shall inform the requestor about the pertinent website where the information is available. The School District may, but is not required to, provide public records in response to a verbal request, unless such verbal request is for information that the School District believes is available on its website. “Public Record” has the meaning as defined in Section 2(e) of the FOIA. An individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, firm, organization, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity, except those persons incarcerated in state, county or federal correctional facilities, may request public records from the School District. The FOIA Coordinator may designate another individual to act on his or her behalf in accepting and processing requests for the School District’s public records, and in approving a denial. The FOIA Coordinator is responsible for accepting, processing and approving a denial of a request and signing the written notice of denial. An employee of the School District who receives a request for a public record must promptly forward that request to the FOIA Coordinator. The FOIA Coordinator will respond to requests in accordance with the FOIA. The School District appoints the School District’s Superintendent as FOIA Coordinator. These Procedures and Guidelines are enacted in compliance with the requirements set forth in Section 4(4) of the FOIA. Access to information is important so that people may fully participate in the democratic process.
GODOCS GO LANSING MI FULL
The Lansing School District (“School District”) adopts the public policy set forth in the Michigan Freedom of Information Act, 1976 PA 442 (“FOIA”), that all persons, except those persons incarcerated in state, county or federal correctional facilities, are entitled to full and complete information regarding the affairs of government and the official acts of those who represent them as public officials and public employees, consistent with the FOIA.
