Maintenance/custodian CBA
Dear Edison School District,
Please accept this electronic request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form or use a particular software platform to submit my request per NJSA 47:1A-6(f), which states that an email from a requestor including all of the information required on the adopted form shall suffice in place of a completed form as a valid government record request.
I HAVE NOT been convicted of any indictable offense under the laws of New Jersey, any other state, or the United States.
I WILL NOT use the requested government records for a commercial purpose.
I AM NOT seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding.
Records requested:
Maintenance custodian CBA.. this information is not readily available online as the other CBAs are.
My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail as attachments. Please confirm you have received this request. If you are not the custodian of records, please forward my request to that person and provide their email address to me for future reference.
Yours faithfully,
Ms. G
Ms. G
Your OPRA request is denied for not submitting the request on the GRC
form. See below:
The new provisions of [1]P.L. 2024, c. 16, which modernize and reform the
Open Public Records Act (OPRA), will take effect on Tuesday, September 3,
2024.
One of the new provisions of the law is that all agencies subject to OPRA
must adopt the [2]records request form created by the Government Records
Council (GRC). If the form is offered in an electronic format, you are
required to include specific directions on how to submit it on your
website pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(f). If you also offer an online
request platform, it should be updated to reflect the new form
requirements contained in N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(f) and N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(g) (and
specifically requiring the inclusion of the “commercial purpose” and
“litigation” questions added to the “Requestor Information” box).
Beginning September 3, 2024, records custodians should discontinue the use
of any old OPRA request forms, removing them from circulation and
replacing them with the new form adopted by the GRC. Please note that the
law is silent if governing body action is required to adopt the form.