Organizations gear up for new law
Mar 6th, 2008 by JamieB
Organizations that will be affected by the new open records terrain in Pennsylvania are moving to make sure their members understand the coming rules.
This is a good sign.
The Pennsylvania School Boards Association announced a couple of days ago that it will present a series of Web conferences on: ‘Open Records: The End of Right-to-Know as We Know It’
In light of the recent signing into law of changes to the state’s open records law by Gov. Edward Rendell, school districts have a host of questions, which PSBA hopes to answer in many forms, including an upcoming three-part series of Web conferences.
What will the changes mean for school entities? How will it affect daily operation? What records now are considered public? What costs will be associated with the changes in the law? All are on the minds of school administrators, board members and solicitors, and all will be answered in the series starting in March.
The first Web conference will offer members an overview of the new law and what changes will most affect school entities. The second will focus on what policy and procedural changes school entities may need to implement to fulfill the requirements of the law. The third conference will review the exceptions and definition changes that will affect public education most.