N.D. attorney general finds university broke open records law

From Sunshine Review

January 6, 2009

[edit] N.D. attorney general finds university broke open records law

"A university cannot hide behind federal privacy laws to refuse to honor an open-records request for information about the disciplinary sanctions levied for violations of student conduct codes, North Dakota's Attorney General has ruled.

Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem issued his opinion after the Grand Forks Herald was denied student-discipline records related to incidents involving anti-Semitic graffiti in May 2008. The newspaper asked for documents with identifying information removed, but the university cited the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

The university claimed because one student's name had been released through court documents, the newspaper would be able to identify the student even with the redacted information."

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