Commonwealth Court holds that School Districts are not Required to Identify Employees who are Subject to Discipline Unless and Until they are Demoted or Discharged

In Highlands School District v. Rittmeyer, - A.3d -, 2020 WL 7061810, 163 C.D. 2020 (Pa. Commw. Dec. 3, 2020), the Requester submitted two RTKL requests seeking information about employees who were placed on unpaid leave, including their name, job title, length of employment, salary and a statement of the charges that resulted in the disciplinary action. In its response, the District denied access to the employees’ names and the statements of the charges....
By: Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

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