Hardin County Schools v. Foster

WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.

This appeal is from an opinion of the Court of Appeals which reversed and remanded a decision of the circuit court which had held that the information sought by Foster and The NewsEnterprise was exempt from the disclosure requirements of the Kentucky Open Records Act.

The issue in this matter is whether, and to what extent, the Hardin County Schools must provide information from student disciplinary records to a newspaper and a newspaper reporter. The crucial question is whether the requested information would permit identification of individual students.

On July 11,…