Howell Public Schools, Michigan
The Howell Public Schools is located in Livingston County, Michigan. According to a report from the Michigan Dept. of Education, it served 8,753 students for the 2006-07 school year and was the 33rd largest public school district in Michigan.[1]
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[edit] Website evaluation
[edit] The good
- Post its checkbook register online.[2]
[edit] Public information denial
A lawsuit, Howell Education Association v. Howell Board of Education, sought to prevent release of personal electronic mail between teachers and union leaders sent on work computers. The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled in the teachers' favor in January 2010.[3][4][5]
The court ruling reversed a previous ruling in 2008. Within its discussion of its ruling, it stated that the Michigan Freedom of Information Act did not provide for current technology and that this confuses the matter.[5]
[edit] Transparency Resources
The district began providing an online check register during February of 2009. It also provides an online audio file of its school board meetings.
- Online Check Registers and Audio of Board Meetings (scroll down to board meeting minutes)
- District Website
- Search for Revenue and Expenditure Reports
- Search for Collective Bargaining Agreements
- Search for Categorical Grants
- Search for Michigan Merit Exam Test Scores
[edit] References
- ↑ Michigan Public School Districts Ranked By Selected Financial Data
- ↑ Mackinac Center, Michigan School District Checkbook Register Report, March 13, 2008
- ↑ State court rules that government officials' personal e-mails aren't subject to FOIA, AnnArbor.com, January 27, 2010
- ↑ Court: Teachers union's e-mail not public record, Detroit Free Press, January 27, 2010.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 [1]
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