Public Records Audit

To test Sac State's motto of transparency, 11 reporters from The State Hornet and Californians Aware, the center for public forum rights, visited local education agencies and requested public records on March 24. The reporters were instructed to make an oral request as an average citizen and not state their affiliation with the newspaper unless the agency required the information to complete the request. Later that day, each auditor also mailed a more extensive written request to the agency. By law, the agencies were allowed 10 days to send the auditor a letter of determination stating whether or not they could see the documents. Based on detailed scoring forms the auditors filled out, Californians Aware graded the agencies on legal compliancy and customer service.

Map of Agencies Audited


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AGENCY	LEGAL COMPLIANCE		CUSTOMER SERVICE
(click on an agency for more details)	Score	Grade	Score	Grade
UC Davis	85	B	90	A-
CSU Sacramento	70	C-	90	A-
Los Rios Community College District	55	F	80	B-
Arcohe Union School District	65	D	90	A-
Center Joint Unified School District	100	A+	100	A+
Elk Grove Unified School District	65	D	90	A-
Elverta Joint School District	75	C	80	B-
Folsom Cordova Unified School District	55	F	100	A+
Galt Joint Union High School District	75	C	90	A-
Galt Joint Union School District	80	B-	100	A+
Natomas Unified School District	85	B	90	A-
Robla School District	20	F	90	A-
Sacramento City Unified School District	45	F	100	A+
San Juan Unified School District	80	B-	100	A+
Twin Rivers Unified School District	25	F	100	A+
California Montessori Project	45	F	100	A+
Antelope View Charter School	80	B-	100	A+
Sacramento County Office of Education	75	C	100	A+

For more information, see www.calaware.org.