Governor's Statement on Supreme Court Decision

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Governor's Statement on Supreme Court Decision

Ohio Governor Ted Strickland today released the following statement on the Ohio Supreme Court's decision regarding Morgan v. Strickland, which found that the governor acted reasonably in responding to a public records request given the broad scope of the request, and compels the governor to continue reviewing remaining records and to provide them within a reasonable time frame.

"I appreciate that the Ohio Supreme Court acknowledges the considerable efforts my office has taken to be responsive to a legislator's broad public records request. My office has released thousands of pages of documents in response to this request. Each of four document releases included letters inviting the representative to further refine or clarify his request so we could more quickly provide materials focused on any substantive concerns about my education proposal that he may have. To date, my office has not received any indication of any specific education policy areas in which he is interested. I appreciate the Court's finding that the overly-broad request should be further refined, narrowed and clarified. I continue to believe that this effort is little more than a disappointing attempt to detract from, rather than enhance, the ongoing legislative discussion about modernizing Ohio's education system. My staff will continue working to provide responsive records as quickly as possible."

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