State ex rel. Rea v. Ohio Department of Education

Francis E. Sweeney, Sr., J.

This court is presented with the issue of whether previously administered examinations of the OPT and OVCA are public records subject to disclosure under Ohio’s open records law, R.C. 149.43. Since we find that both the OPT and a portion of the OVCA, specifically the OCAP, are public records, we grant relators a limited writ of mandamus and order the Ohio Department of Education and Ohio State University to release the requested materials.

RECORDS SOUGHT

Specifically, the relators seek access to the unmarked assessment booklets, unmarked test instructions and…