The Fayette County Public Schools has violated the Kentucky Open Records Act by posting an arbitrary set of rules for citizens’ records requests that are not authorized by law, two lawyers who specialize in public records access told the Lexington Herald-Leader this week.
On its website, the school district said that open records requests must “be in alignment with district priorities,” “be feasible in terms of demands on the time and resources” of staff and “not interfere with staff members’ ability and availability” to perform their other duties.
On Wednesday, after the Herald-Leader inquired about the legality of the rules, school district officials said they would soon remove them from the district’s website…