https://illinoisfoia.org/exemptions/7-1-p/ 2021-04-30T00:00:00Z https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-66131/ 2021-04-30T00:00:00Z

A citizen requested records of payments the City of Centralia made to a law firm. The City provided the records but blacked out names of clients and attorneys, claiming legal privilege. The Attorney General's office found these redactions were improper and requested that the City provide the unredacted documents.

https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-53659/ 2019-02-07T00:00:00Z

A requester sought emails from a school district concerning classroom observations and integration. The PAC found that emails withheld under section 7(1)(f) were properly protected as predecisional, deliberative communications, but that the district did not establish that other emails concerning potential collective bargaining were exempt under section 7(1)(p). The district was asked to provide those records, subject to any permissible redactions.

https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-41667/ 2016-06-30T00:00:00Z

A reporter requested draft contract documents and salary information from a school district after the school board approved the general terms of a teachers' contract. The PAC concluded that draft proposals and language exchanged with the teachers' representatives were not exempt under section 7(1)(f), because the communications were with a third party, but were exempt under section 7(1)(p) as collective-negotiation records. A separate confidential memorandum to the Board was exempt under section