FOIA

REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC RECORDS


Buena Vista City School Board complies with the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, all public records are open to citizens of the Commonwealth, representatives of newspapers and magazines with circulation in the Commonwealth and representatives of radio and television stations broadcasting in or into the Commonwealth during the regular office hours of the custodian of such records. All requests for information are processed in accordance with KBA-R Requests for Public Records.


Officers, employees, and members of the School Board who fail to provide public records as required by FOIA because they altered or destroyed the requested records with the intent to avoid the provisions of FOIA are subject to penalties in their individual capacity of up to $100 per record altered or destroyed.


The name(s) and contact information for the person(s) Buena Vista City School Board has designated as its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Officer(s) is listed in regulation KBA-R Requests for Public Records and posted at the School Board office and on the division’s website. The FOIA Officer(s) serve(s) as a point of contact for members of the public in requesting public records and coordinate(s) the School Board’s compliance with FOIA. The FOIA officer(s) receive(s) training at least once during each consecutive period of two calendar years beginning on the date on which the FOIA Officer last completed a training session by the School Board’s legal counsel or the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council. 


Adopted:  July 28, 2022

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Legal Ref.:  Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, §§ 2.2-3704, 2.2-3704.2, 2.2-3714.


Cross Ref.: KBA-E Rights and Responsibilities
KBA-R Requests for Public Records



FOIA Compliance Officer
              Melanie Beard
              [email protected]
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