The Township of Bloomfield received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
Request on January 30, 2024,  This response to your request is being
provided to you on the 1st business day after the Township’s receipt of
said request.

Your OPRA request sought access to the following:

“Who and was Secondary Education paid for by the tax payers”.

Currently, your request fails to identify with reasonable clarity the
specific government records sought, as is required by Bent v. Stafford
Police Department, 381 N.J. Super. 30, 37 (App. Div. 2005).  At this time,
we request clarification of your OPRA request.  Please respond in writing
and identify the specific government records sought so that we may process
your request.  Please clarify what specific document or documents you are
looking for.  Failure to provide written clarification of your request
will result in the closure of this OPRA request.

If your request for access to a government record has been denied or
unfulfilled within the seven (7) business days required by law, you have a
right to challenge the decision by the Township of Bloomfield to deny
access.  At your option, you may either institute a proceeding in the
Superior Court of New Jersey, or file a complaint with the Government
Records Council (GRC) by completing the Denial of Access Complaint Form. 
You may contact the GRC by toll-free telephone at 866-850-0511, by mail at
P.O. Box 819, Trenton, New Jersey, 08625, by e-mail at
[1][email address], or at their website at [2]www.state.nj.us/grc. 
The GRC can also answer other questions about the law.  All questions
regarding complaints filed in the Superior Court should be directed to the
Court Clerk in your County.

Thank you.

Andrea Schneider

Confidential Secretary

Township of Bloomfield

Municipal Clerk’s Office

973-680-4014

References

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2. http://www.state.nj.us/grc