Ohio Supreme Court rules school’s newsletter email list to parents and students must be made public under state law

Opponents argued it was restricted to protect student's #privacy

The decision stems from a mandamus action filed by Darbi Boddy, a former Lakota Local School District board member in Butler County who sought the newsletter distribution list used by the superintendent to email weekly updates to families and community members.

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https://www.cleveland.com/open/2026/01/ohio-supreme-court-rules-schools-newsletter-email-list-must-be-made-public-under-state-law.html

https://archive.ph/r9nPF

Ohio Supreme Court rules school’s newsletter email list must be made public under state law

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an email list of recipients of a school district newsletter is a public record that the Xenia Community City School District could not conceal from the public.

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“If this were put up for a vote in the House, it would pass,” said Sen. Jeremy Moss (D-Bloomfield Township), co-author of the bills. “There’s no doubt. It has the votes.

“The question is, why won’t the speaker put it up for a vote?”

https://michiganadvance.com/2026/01/18/were-just-not-going-to-do-foia-michigan-transparency-effort-stalls/

‘We’re just not going to do FOIA’: Michigan transparency effort stalls • Michigan Advance

Michigan and Massachusetts are the only states where citizens cannot submit a Freedom of Information Act request to collect records from their executive and legislative branches. For years, both Democrats and Republicans in Michigan have advocated expanding FOIA to include the two branches of government, but no deal has been reached. Currently, two bills aiming […]

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