https://illinoisfoia.org/exemptions/7-5-q/ 2024-05-08T00:00:00Z https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-81205/ 2024-05-08T00:00:00Z

A former employee asked the Chicago Park District for copies of their past performance evaluations. The PAC explained that while employees have a right to see their own personnel files under a different law, FOIA specifically forbids public bodies from releasing performance evaluations. Because the law prohibits these records from being released through a FOIA request, the PAC closed the case.

https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-78934/ 2024-05-07T00:00:00Z

A requester asked the University of Illinois for specific statistical summaries of student survey results. The University denied parts of the request, and the PAC found that since the University did not already have the data in the requested format, they were not legally required to create it. The case was closed without a formal violation finding.

https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-71823/ 2023-06-23T00:00:00Z

A requester asked the DeKalb County Housing Authority for personnel files of three employees, and later submitted requests for the same records for six other employees. The Housing Authority released some records but redacted many categories, including footnotes, employment applications, retirement investment elections, social security cards, driver's licenses, and middle initials. The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Bureau reviewed the redactions and determined that the footnotes were

https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-56359/ 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z

A requester asked a school district for complaints and disciplinary records involving staff members. The district refused to provide them, claiming they were protected by law. The Attorney General's office reviewed the records and found that some of the documents were not actually disciplinary records, so the district must release them.

https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-47540/ 2017-09-13T00:00:00Z

A newspaper requested a notice to remedy that was attached to a school board resolution, but the district withheld it, claiming it was a confidential performance evaluation. The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Bureau ruled that the notice to remedy is not a 'performance evaluation' under the School Code or the Personnel Record Review Act because it addresses specific instances of misconduct rather than a comprehensive periodic evaluation. Therefore, the district improperly denied the r