Opinion No.

Dr. Leslie Wyatt, President Arkansas State University Post Office Box 10 State University, Arkansas 72467-0010

Dear Dr. Wyatt:

I am writing in response to your request for an opinion on two questions regarding the "Chancellor Search Advisory Committee" at Arkansas State University ("ASU"). You inquire whether meetings of this Committee are "subject to the open meetings requirement of the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act" ("FOIA") and whether "documents held by members of the Chancellor Search Advisory Committee fall within the definition of public records as set out in A.C.A. §…