Van Buren Intermediate School District
Administrative Guidelines
 

8310D - DENIALS OF FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUESTS

Section 5 of the Michigan Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) states that written denials, in whole or in part, for information requested under the Freedom of Information Act must include "a full explanation of the requesting person's right to seek judicial review." This explanation must include a notification of the person's potential "right to receive attorney fees and damages."

On _________________________________, the District received your request under the Freedom of Information Act for ___________________________________
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We will be able to provide the information you requested but will need ten (10) days to retrieve it and prepare a copy.

(Be sure to indicate the number of days which may not exceed ten (10) and provide the reason for the extension beyond five (5) days.)

If certain information contained in a public record which you have decided to disclose is being separated or deleted, the statute requires that a description of that separated or deleted information be included.