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NY FOIL Requires Disclosure of Teacher’s Negotiated Guilty Plea in Disciplinary Action
An unidentified teacher was taken before the New York State Board of Education on unspecified disciplinary charges. The teacher negotiated a guilty plea. An unidentified petitioner filed a motion to compel disclosure of the pertinent documents in a New York trial court.
The Court considered whether the state Freedom of Information Law (FOIL), also known as Public Officers Law § 87 et seq, provided for exemption from disclosure of documentation pertinent to a public officer’s negotiated guilty plea in a disciplinary settlement. The Court found that a negotiated guilty plea is the same as a disciplinary board’s finding of guilt, which isn’t exempt from disclosure. Thus the Court ordered the documents disclosed. See: In the Matter of Anonymous Petitioner v. Board of Education for the Mexico Central School District, Respondent 162 Misc. 2d 300; 616 N.Y.S. 2d 867 (1994).
The Court considered whether the state Freedom of Information Law (FOIL), also known as Public Officers Law § 87 et seq, provided for exemption from disclosure of documentation pertinent to a public officer’s negotiated guilty plea in a disciplinary settlement. The Court found that a negotiated guilty plea is the same as a disciplinary board’s finding of guilt, which isn’t exempt from disclosure. Thus the Court ordered the documents disclosed. See: In the Matter of Anonymous Petitioner v. Board of Education for the Mexico Central School District, Respondent 162 Misc. 2d 300; 616 N.Y.S. 2d 867 (1994).
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In the Matter of Anonymous Petitioner v. Board of Education for the Mexico Central School District
| Year | 1994 |
|---|---|
| Cite | Respondent 162 Misc. 2d 300; 616 N.Y.S. 2d 867 (1994) |
| Level | Trial Court |