Opinion No.

The Honorable Sandra D. Rodgers State Representative P.O. Box 595 Hope, AR 71802-0595

Dear Representative Rodgers:

I am writing in response to your request for my opinion on various questions relating to the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act, A.C.A. §25-19-101 et seq. (Repl. 1996 Supp. 2001) (the FOIA). You have offered the following factual summary by way of background:

The Hope Star learned that a meeting of the Board of Visitors at the University of Arkansas Community College at Hope (UACCH) had been called for February 7, 2002. The Hope Star did not receive notice of this meeting. The Star…