Klein Independent School District, Rebecca J. Holt v. Jim Mattox, in His Official Capacity as Attorney General for the State of Texas

GARZA, Circuit Judge:

This action arises from a request by a third party to review the personnel file of a public schoolteacher. The school district sought an opinion from the Attorney General for the State of Texas as to whether its employee’s college transcript was public information, and thus subject to disclosure under the Texas Open Records Act. The Attorney General’s Office responded that the schoolteacher’s college transcript must be released pursuant to the statute.

The teacher and school district filed this action for a declaratory judgment, stating that disclosure of the transcript…