Copies shouldn't cost $1

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25 November 2008

[edit] Copies shouldn't cost $1

"Two public school districts in the Birmingham area are considering charging as much as $1 a page for copies of public documents — a bad idea even when Alabama schools are suffering financially.

Charging high copying fees or fees to search for records is one way of evading the requirements of Alabama's Open Records Act. Both the Birmingham city school system and the Hoover school system, according to The Birmingham News, are considering charging up to $1 per page — and that's too much."

[edit] External links

• Alabama Press-Register, Copies shouldn't cost $1, November 25, 2008

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