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Director orders Wasatch Peak Academy to produce records and reverses fee waiver denial
Summary
After contested hearings over a $28,000–$47,000 fee estimate and withheld communications, Director Pearson found WPA's estimate unreasonable, reversed a prior fee‑waiver denial, ordered WPA to process the request without payment and provide records or notice of intent to appeal within 28 days, and required a classification log for withheld material.
Director Pearson ruled in favor of petitioners (the Nashes) in a long-running GRAMA dispute with Wasatch Peak Academy (WPA), finding the school's fee estimate unreasonable and ordering production without payment of fees.
Mr. Nash told the hearing the school repeatedly delayed processing GRAMA requests, produced records late, refused record‑by‑record identification of withheld documents, and provided an excessive fee estimate (he cited a May 11 estimate of $28,000 to $47,000 and as many as 265 hours of work). Nash argued the bulk of requested items were ordinary records…
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