Sherry v. Radnor Township School District

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• concluding that trial level court considering a RTKL matter may, but need not, expand the record before it by conducting a hearing or reviewing documents in camera
• holding FERPA exempts students’ personally identifiable information from disclosure to a right-to-know requester pursuant to RTKL Subsection 305(a)(3)
• finding that the release of the requested reports “was precluded by FERPA”
• noting “reviewing court has 9 discretion to determine if the record created before OOR is sufficient for purposes of judicial review” and can “supplement[] the record through a hearing or remand”
• in RTKL appeal, FERPA precluded the release of education records without consent
• honor code violation records maintained by school district were exempt from disclosure by Section 1232g of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g, which expressly prohibits school districts from releasing such educational records

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