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Advisory Opinion 26-008 26-008A government entity asked whether a specific employee was considered a
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Advisory Opinion 26-004 26-004A city asked about the classification of data about its former police chief. The data involved comments received in response to an employee survey that raised concerns about the chief, who ultimately resigned after the …
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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 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…
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Advisory Opinion 06-008 06-008Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, what is the classification of the following data maintained by Independent School District 191, Burnsville-Eagan-Savage: data in five memoranda relating to a former District e…
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Advisory Opinion 03-036 03-036Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the City of La Crescent respond appropriately to a request for access to all public data about an employee?
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Advisory Opinion 01-022 01-022Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, what is the classification of the following data that the City of Maplewood maintains: data in a letter regarding a former city employee?
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Advisory Opinion 98-016 98-016An employee of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety was disciplined. The employee grieved the matter and it went to arbitration. Before the arbitrator rendered a decision, a settlement was reached in which the disc…
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Advisory Opinion 97-017 97-017Are health and medical data maintained in the personnel file of a public employee considered medical data within the meaning of Minnesota Statutes Section 13.42, or personnel data under Section 13.43? When a settlement …
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Advisory Opinion 96-020 96-020Is the resignation agreement between the City and a former City employee public or private data under Minnesota Statutes Section 13.43, subdivision 2(a)(6), or any other law?
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Advisory Opinion 96-019 96-019Are the terms of an agreement between the parent of a student and a school district settling a dispute and lawsuit arising out of that student's special educational program considered
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Advisory Opinion 95-039 95-039Does the
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Advisory Opinion 94-051 94-051For which files have there been
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Advisory Opinion 94-049 94-049When a government agency (such as Beltrami County) and its insurance carrier have settled claims, charges or causes of action against the agency, by means of an agreement that incorporates a confidentiality covenant, ma…