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Advisory Opinion 14-006 14-006Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did Independent School District 625, St. Paul, respond appropriately to a March 15, 2014, request for data? Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did Independent School …
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Advisory Opinion 14-004 14-004Did the Cold Spring City Council comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13D, at the February 11, 2014, closed meeting? Did the Cold Spring City Council comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13D, when it closed the Fe…
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Advisory Opinion 14-002 14-002Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, what is the classification of data in an arbitration decision that sustains a grievance and reverses all aspects of any disciplinary action against a public employee?
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Advisory Opinion 13-008 13-008Each administrator of a Minnesota Veterans Home is a “public official” for purposes of section 13.43, subd. 2(e)(3), because under section 198.005, each administrator acts as the administrative head for his/her veterans…
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Advisory Opinion 13-006 13-006An entity asked about the classification of grades and GPAs on undergraduate and graduate transcripts provided to the entity. Section 13.43, classifies “education and training background” data as public, but does not de…
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Advisory Opinion 13-004 13-004A member of the public asked for access to data related to the departure of a director in a city, pursuant to 2012 amendments to section 13.43, subdivision 2(e)(iii). Although the director worked in a management capacit…
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Advisory Opinion 13-002 13-002A member of the public asked whether an entity responded properly to a request for certain personnel data it maintained. The requester asked for copies of the job application and supplement of a current employee. The en…
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Advisory Opinion 12-019 12-019An entity asked whether communications sent by its board members from their personal accounts and equipment were government data and if so, how those data were classified. When the board members were acting in their off…
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Advisory Opinion 12-018 12-018A member of the public asked whether an entity improperly released private data about a board member. At the time it released data to the public, the entity’s human resources director considered board members to be enti…
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Advisory Opinion 12-015 12-015A charter school asked whether it was required to share not public data with the Minnesota Board of Teaching, following an initial report to the Board by the school. The Commissioner determined that pursuant to Minnesot…
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Advisory Opinion 12-010 12-010An individual who was pulled over by peace officers and subjected to a strip search asked for access to the squad car video of the incident. The City denied access, saying it was private personnel data because there is …
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Advisory Opinion 12-009 12-009In response to a request for a copy of the superintendent’s contract, a school district provided access to public personnel data it extracted from the contract, but refused to provide a redacted copy of the contract its…
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Advisory Opinion 12-006 12-006A school district asked about the classification of certain data in a separation agreement between the district and a former employee. The district provided redacted copies of the agreement in response to data requests …
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Advisory Opinion 12-003 12-003Did the City of Minneapolis comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in its response to a November 15, 2011, request for access to the following data: dates of applications and dates of testing for all applicants for…
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Advisory Opinion 11-013 11-013Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, must the City of Hibbing provide access to the following data to a former employee: written informal complaints and observations about that former employee made by one or mor…
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Advisory Opinion 11-003 11-003Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, would School District 309, Park Rapids, violate the data practices rights of a former employee if it disseminates certain data about the former employee to the Hubbard County …
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Advisory Opinion 11-002 11-002Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, what is the classification of the following data the Dakota County Community Development Agency (CDA) maintains in compliance with prevailing wage laws: the home addresses of …
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Advisory Opinion 10-022 10-022Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, what is the classification of the following data related to an investigation conducted by Minnesota Management and Budget: the investigative report and “supporting or underlyi…
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Advisory Opinion 10-014 10-014Did the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in disclosing certain data to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS) given there has been no final disposition of disciplinary …
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Advisory Opinion 10-009 10-009Did School District 861, Winona, comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in responding to a request for “all e-mails or other written forms of correspondence regarding how the superintendent evaluation is being cond…
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Advisory Opinion 10-006 10-006Did the City of Northfield comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in denying access to the names of the two finalists for the position of president of the Northfield Hospital?
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Advisory Opinion 10-002 10-002Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, what is the classification of certain data maintained by Independent School District 11, Anoka-Hennepin, related to the following circumstance: 1) the District disciplined an …
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Advisory Opinion 09-025 09-025Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, does the public have a right to access government data regarding the specific standards and accomplishments that provide the basis for performance bonuses paid to individual p…
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Advisory Opinion 09-024 09-024Minnesota Statutes, section 13.43, subdivision 2(a)(6), requires a government entity to include in a settlement agreement “specific reasons for the settlement agreement.” School District 625, Saint Paul, entered into a …
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Advisory Opinion 09-015 09-015Are “settlement agreements” between a municipality’s workers’ compensation insurer and employee public documents pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 13.43, subdivision 2(a)(6)? If such agreements are public, what, i…