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Board records show FOIA requests from ProPublica/Chicago Tribune and K12 transportation researcher
Summary
District administration reported two Freedom of Information Act requests: one from ProPublica and the Chicago Tribune seeking contracts and records of district interactions with law enforcement (2015–present) and another from a K12 transportation researcher requesting the current Illinois Central School Bus contract for 2021.
District administration told the Granite City CUSD 9 Board of Education it had received two Freedom of Information Act requests and that staff were handling them.
According to the record, the first request, received Jan. 7, 2021, listed requesters as Jod S. Cohen of ProPublica and Jennifer Smith Richard of the Chicago Tribune and sought "all contracts and their amendments, memorandums of understanding, intergovernmental service agreements, and any agreements of any sort entered into between the school district and or its schools and any law enforcement agencies" from 2015 to the present; it also requested invoices, receipts, logs and other payment records and "all records documenting the services the law enforcement agencies conducted at the district schools" for the same period.
A second request, received Jan. 8, 2021, from Tanner F. of K12 Transportation Research requested the current transportation contract between the district and Illinois Central School Bus for 2021.
The superintendent's office reported that administration was handling both requests. The meeting record does not include staff responses to the requests or estimated response dates. The board did not take action on these items beyond acknowledging receipt and administrative handling.
