Status	Adopted
Original Adopted Date	03/23/2000
Last Revised Date	02/21/2023
Last Reviewed Date	02/21/2023

BDDL: Release of Information

The district believes that local control of public education is best served when district patrons and other members of the public have access to district records. The district will make its public records available for inspection and copying upon a request made to the custodian of records unless those records are authorized to be closed in accordance with law.

Custodian of Records

The board appoints the following person as custodian of records:

Secretary, [[board:start|Board of Education]]
Superintendent's Office
PO Box 1960, Lake Ozark, MO 65049
Phone: 573-365-4091 / Fax: 573-365-5748

In addition, the district will train at least one additional employee to serve as custodian of records in the absence of the official custodian.

The custodian of records is responsible for overseeing the retention and storage of the district's records and responding to requests for district records as required by law. District staff will direct requests for records to the custodian of records, whose identity will be made available on request and will be advertised as the superintendent or designee determines is appropriate. External Electronic Messages

If a board member or a member of a district committee subject to the Missouri Sunshine Law transmits any message to enough members that, when counting the sender, a majority of the board or committee members receive the message, the message shall also be concurrently transmitted to the custodian of records or the member's district office computer, if applicable, in the same format. The message shall be considered an open record unless it is a closed record in accordance with law.

Board Member Access

An individual school board member does not have greater access to district records than any other member of the public unless the board has authorized or the district has provided access to the board member in relation to their board service. The board may vote to direct the administration to release records to the board as a whole or to an individual board member.