{
 "topic": "FOIA section 1",
 "statute": "5 ILCS 140/1",
 "family": "General policy",
 "page": "https://illinoisfoia.org/issues/foia-1/",
 "note": "Determination letters are non-binding. Verify against the source PDF before citing.",
 "counts": {
  "violation_found": 0,
  "no_violation": 2,
  "no_determination": 0,
  "other": 0
 },
 "challenge_notes": null,
 "issues": [
  {
   "issue": "Request for compiled mean and median survey data",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "FOIA does not require a public body to create new records or compile data it does not ordinarily keep.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Aggregated student survey data by instructor and course",
    "date": "2024-05-07",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-78934/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Southern Illinoisan v. Illinois Department of Public Health, 218 Ill. 2d 390, 415 (2006)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Yeager v. Drug Enforcement Administration, 678 F.2d 315, 321 (D.C. Cir. 1982)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Chicago Tribune Co. v. Department of Financial & Professional Regulation, 2014 IL App 4th 130427",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/2014%20IL%20App%20(4th)%20130427/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Kenyon v. Garrels, 184 Ill. App. 3d 28, 32 (1989)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/pre1996-129427/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Hites v. Waubonsee Community College, 2016 IL App (2d) 150836",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/2016%20IL%20App%20(2d)%20150836/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Compilation of data from multiple databases",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "FOIA does not require a public body to compile data or create new records not maintained in the normal course of business.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Selective enrollment test data and phone call logs",
    "date": "2020-11-18",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-61967/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Hiles v. Waubonsee Community College, 2016 IL App (2d) 150836",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/2016%20IL%20App%20(2d)%20150836/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Chicago Tribune Co. v. Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, 2014 IL App 4th 130427",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/2014%20IL%20App%20(4th)%20130427/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Kenyon v. Garrels, 184 Ill. App. 3d 28 (4th Dist. 1989)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/pre1996-129427/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Martinez v. Cook Cty. State's Attorney's Office, 2018 IL App (1st) 163153",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/2018%20IL%20App%20(1st)%20163153/"
    }
   ]
  }
 ]
}