By Paul Takahashi (contact) <\/p>\n
Thursday, March 28, 2013 | 5:32 p.m. <\/p>\n
Are teacher email addresses a matter of public record? <\/p>\n
That's the question at the crux of Nevada Policy Research Institute's latest lawsuit against the Clark County School District. The lawsuit was filed Thursday morning. <\/p>\n
In June 2012 and again this February, the libertarian think tank submitted formal requests with the district for a list of email addresses for nearly 18,000 Clark County schoolteachers. <\/p>\n
NPRI communications director Victor Joecks argues teacher email addresses are public records. Joecks said NPRI was not interested in the content of teacher emails just the addresses. <\/p>\n
\"These are government-provided emails addresses, provided to government employees to do their government jobs,\" Joecks said. \"It's public information. The School District doesn't get to act as a gatekeeper to public information.\" <\/p>\n
The School District has repeatedly refused to grant NPRI's requests for a directory of teacher email addresses, arguing it is not a matter of public record. <\/p>\n
School District email addresses are part of an employee's personnel records and therefore must be \"safeguarded,\" district attorneys stated in letters to NPRI. <\/p>\n
Additionally, the email directory \"falls within the definition of a non-record given that it is similar to a book or pamphlet,\" district attorneys said. Nevada's public records laws don't apply to \"non-records,\" which include \"books and pamphlets printed by a government printer.\" <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Read the original post: <\/p>\n
Libertarian think tank sues School District for access to teacher email addresses<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Paul Takahashi (contact) Thursday, March 28, 2013 | 5:32 p.m. Are teacher email addresses a matter of public record? That's the question at the crux of Nevada Policy Research Institute's latest lawsuit against the Clark County School District Continue reading