Employee Payroll Information

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Dear Paterson Charter School for Science & Technology,

This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form. Please acknowledge receipt of this message.
Records requested:
Please provide me your employee payroll information for the
2019-2020 and 2020-2021 periods.

Yours faithfully,

James Tyson

Matt Anar, Paterson Charter School for Science & Technology

This request seeks information that does not identify specific government
records.  As such, your request is an invalid OPRA request and is denied. 
When a request is “complex” because it fails to specifically identify the
documents sought, then that request is not “encompassed” by OPRA. See New
Jersey Builders Association v. New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing,
390 N.J.Super. 166, 180 (App. Div. 2007).  A proper request under OPRA
must identify with reasonable clarity those documents that are desired,
and a party cannot satisfy this requirement by simply requesting all of an
agency's documents.  See Bent v. Stafford Police Department,
381 N.J.Super. 30, 37 (App. Div.  2005). Custodians are not required to
conduct research or create new records in response to an OPRA request.   

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Dear Matt Anar (Paterson Charter School for Science & Technology),

This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form. Please acknowledge receipt of this message.

Records requested:
Please provide me your employee name and salary information for the 2018-2019, 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 periods.

Yours sincerely,

James Tyson