Iowa Admin. Code r. 281-5.16

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 10, November 13, 2024

Rule 281-5.16 - Applicability

This chapter does not:

1. Require the agency to index or retrieve records which contain information about individuals by that person's name or other personal identifier

2. Make available to the general public records which would otherwise not be available under the public records law, Iowa Code chapter 22.

3. Govern the maintenance or disclosure of, notification of or access to, records in the possession of the agency which are governed by the rules of another agency. This chapter applies to all records of the department of education. Additional rules regarding records of the department's division of vocational rehabilitation services are also set forth in 281-Chapter 56, division VIII. This chapter does not apply to the records of the following agencies under the department's "umbrella" that have their own rule-making authority: college aid commission, Iowa advance funding authority, educational examiners board, and the school budget review committee.

4. Apply to grantees, including local governments or subdivisions thereof, administering state-funded programs, unless otherwise provided by law or agreement.

5. Make available records compiled by the agency in reasonable anticipation of court litigation or formal administrative proceedings. The availability of such records to the general public or to any subject individual or party to such litigation or proceedings shall be governed by applicable legal and constitutional principles, statutes, rules of discovery, evidentiary privileges, and applicable rules of the agency.

Iowa Admin. Code r. 281-5.16