Rathmann v. Board of Directors of the Davenport Community School District

McGIVERIN, Chief Justice.

In this case we must decide whether a school district can charge a fee for retrieving public records requested under Iowa’s open records law, Iowa Code chapter 22 (1995). We must also consider the method a school superintendent must follow in consulting private legal counsel for school district matters and whether private counsel hired by a school district is limited to representing the district in litigation matters, or whether private counsel may also advise á school district concerning general district matters.

The district court concluded: (1) that a school…