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Superintendent asks board to limit commercial, political uses of public records
Summary
Superintendent proposed adding language to policy 9120 to prohibit disclosures of records to commercial entities for commercial purposes or to entities for political purposes, arguing frequent commercial requests are burdensome; the board moved to treat the resolution as an action item.
Superintendent (speaker 4) asked the board to add two lines to board policy 9120: to prohibit disclosures of records to commercial entities for commercial purposes and to bar disclosures to individuals or entities for political purposes. He said mass commercial requests are consuming staff time and can be used to undercut partners.
As he presented the draft language, he said the intent was not to withhold information from local residents seeking transparency but to stop commercial actors from repeatedly harvesting vendor and contract data for resale. The board debated moving the item to action and agreed to advance it for consideration; several members indicated support for adopting similar language from the state superintendents' association.
