Virginia FOIA Opinion Declares Lesson Plans Public, Opening Curriculum to Families

A Loudoun County Public Schools' FOIA response is the focus of a recent opinion released by Virginia's Freedom of Information Advisory Council.

In an opinion with statewide implications, Virginia’s Freedom of Information Advisory Council recently concluded that lesson plans are not automatically private. The advisory opinion (AO-02-26), which is applicable to all public schools, reaffirms Freedom of Information Act’s (FOIA) presumption of openness and requires that lesson plans be disclosed whe…