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Hearing on school data requests bill laid over after lengthy testimony from districts and advocates
Summary
House File 1999, a proposal to allow school districts to recover costs when anonymous data requests are prepared but not inspected, was laid over after testimony from several superintendents, county recorders and transparency advocates who described trade-offs between transparency and resource burdens.
The Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee laid over House File 1999 after extended testimony from school officials, county recorders, and open-government advocates about the operational burden of broad or anonymous data requests on school districts.
Representative Greene, the sponsor, said the bill targets “non-serious” anonymous requests—instances in which districts prepare records for anonymous requesters who then do not appear to inspect them—and would allow districts to hold anonymous…
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