Waterbury Teachers Ass'n v. Freedom of Information Commission

Opinion

PETERS, J.

The Freedom of Information Act, which requires the meetings of a public agency to be open to the public; General Statutes § 1-21;1 defines the term “meeting” to exclude “strategy or negotiations with respect to collective bargaining.” General Statutes § 1-18a (b).2 The sole issue in these certified administrative appeals is whether grievance proceedings between a teachers union and a public school board come, in whole or in part, within the legislative exclusion for “strategy or negotiations.”

This action arises from the consolidation of two appeals, the procedural history and…