Copley Press, Inc. v. Bd. of Ed. for Peoria Sch. Dist. No. 150, No. 3-05-0011 (Ill.App.3, 8-25-05).

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Copley Press, Inc. v. Bd. of Ed. for Peoria Sch. Dist. No. 150, No. 3-05-0011 (Ill.App.3, 8-25-05).

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Freedom of Information Act - FOIA

Case: Copley Press, Inc. v. Bd. of Ed. for Peoria Sch. Dist. No. 150, No. 3-05-0011 (Ill.App.3, 8-25-05).

Date: Thursday, August 25, 2005

A newspaper filed a FOIA request seeking two performance evaluations of the superintendent and a letter from the board to the superintendent explaining its discontent. If the documents fell into an exemption listed in FOIA, they would be “per se” exempt from disclosure. Here the requested documents were properly placed in the superintendent’s personnel file and were thus exempt from disclosure.