Dear Mr. Mueller:
On behalf of Mr. Edwards:  Please see the response as follows:
We are in receipt of your OPRA Machine e-mail. Please be advised that as
of September 2024, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5 requires that a requestor must utilize
the OPRA form adopted by a public entity: "The custodian of a public
agency shall adopt the form established by the Government Records Council
pursuant to subsection b. of section 8 of P.L.2001, c. 404 (C.47:1A-7),
for the use of any person who requests access to a government record held
or controlled by the public agency. The form shall provide space for the
name, address, email address and telephone number of the requestor and a
brief description of the government record sought. A request shall be
submitted by a requestor in the form adopted by the custodian and the
custodian may deny a request that is incomplete, except that a requestor
indicating the request is being submitted anonymously shall not be grounds
for denial." (emphasis added).
However, even if you submit the request via the District's form, the
District does not have a possess any documents that contains the "current
history" of every administrator. When no responsive records exist that are
relevant to a request, a public entity has completed its responsibilities
under OPRA. See Pusterhofer v. N.J. Dep’t of Educ., GRC Complaint No.
2005-49 (July 2005) (finding that a public entity properly denied an OPRA
request despite requestor’s belief additional documentation existed).
The remainder of your request appears to be a request for information.
Under OPRA, almost all requests for information – in and of themselves –
are not permissible. See, e.g., MAG Entm’t, LLC v. Div. of Alcohol
Beverage Control, 375 N.J. Super. 534 (App. Div. 2005) (“While OPRA
provides an alternative means of access to government documents not
otherwise exempted from its reach, it is not intended as a research tool
litigants may use to force government officials to identify and siphon
useful information. Rather, OPRA simply operates to make identifiable
government records readily accessible for inspection, copying, or
examination.”); see also N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.
That said, OPRA does contain a narrow exception that allows the public to
request information while still being a permissible OPRA request, which
includes the names and titles of employees. See N.J.S.A. 47:1A-10 (an
individual's name, title, position, salary, payroll record, length of
service, date of separation and the reason therefor, and the amount and
type of any pension received shall be considered – in and of itself - a
government record).
If you wish to clarify your request, or simply are seeking the name and
title of each administrator currently employed in the District, please
complete the attached form and send it back to me. Otherwise, this
concludes the District's response to your e-mail.
From: Ed Mueller <[1][OPRA #82542 email]>
Date: Wed, Oct 22, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Subject: OPRA request - School Administrator job assignment year
To: OPRA requests at Brick Township School District
<[2][Brick Township School District request email]>

Dear Brick Township 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:

Current history of every active administrator and their job assigned
sorted by school and year.

Example:   James Edwards, Business Administrator, Central Administrator,
2010-2011

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,

Ed Mueller
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Mary Carey
Office of the Business Administrator
James W. Edwards, Jr., CPA
Business Administrator/Board Secretary
Brick Township Board of Education

Fax No: (732) 578-5266
(732) 785-3000 Ext 1016

References

Visible links
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2. mailto:[Brick Township School District request email]

I will be out of the office with limited availability to emails until
November 10. I will return your message as soon as possible upon my
return.

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Mary Carey
Office of the Business Administrator
James W. Edwards, Jr., CPA
Business Administrator/Board Secretary
Brick Township Board of Education

Fax No: (732) 578-5266
(732) 785-3000 Ext 1016