I sent a Freedom of Information Act Request for detailed payment records relating to Decatur Public Schools District 61 2023 Summer Programs.
The response letter directed me to Board of Education Meeting Packets from September and October of 2023, where monthly bills are listed.
This was a follow-up to another related request I submitted on October 5th, 2023.
The first request was much more substantial and will be posted at a later time.
An article summarizing my findings will also be published.
Request Details
- Purpose: To investigate whether the District paid Summer Program invoices on-time and in-accordance with the Summer Program Agreements.
- To: Decatur Public Schools District 61, Melissa Bradford MBradford@dps61.org
- Short-Name: 2023-summer-programs (For our fact sheet. The related FOIA will use the short-name.)
Timeline
- Sent: 2023-10-24
- Response: 2023-10-31
Documents
- FOIA Request Email - Email Thread of request/response
- FOIA Response Letter - the PDF Response letter
- September 12, 2023 Board of Education packet - August 2023 bills begin on page 52
- October 10, 2023 Board of Education packet - September 2023 bills begin on page 43
Request
The request I sent was as follows:
I previously requested "A record of all payments to Community Organizations". I am submitting a new request to further clarify the records I am seeking. The previous response included the document "2023 Community Summer Program.pdf" which detailed the list of organizations & the cost with each organization. Thank you for that list.
I am now requesting:
- Detailed payment records regarding the Summer Programs. These payment records should include every disbursement with the following information: Date of payment, DPS bank account or fund the payment came from, amount of payment, party receiving payment, method of payment. This may be records from a checkbook, from a bank account, or any other system that provides sufficient details about when payments were made & how much each disbursement was & who each disbursement went to.
Thanks, Reed Sutman