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SECTION G | COMMUNITY AND GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
- SECTION GA | Public Relations / Open Records
- SECTION GB | Public Complaints and Hearings
- SECTION GC | Relations with Business and Community Organizations
- SECTION GD | Advertising and Fundraising
- SECTION GE | Community Use of College District Facilities
- SECTION GF | Emergency Management
- SECTION GG | Access to Programs, Services, and Activities
- SECTION GH | Tobacco Free Policy
- SECTION GI | Animals on Campus
- SECTION GJ | Campus Carry
SECTION GA.2
COMMUNITY AND GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
PUBLIC RELATIONS
PUBLIC INFORMATION / OPEN RECORDS
Procedure
PUBLIC INFORMATION/OPEN RECORDS
The Vice President of Finance is the College District’s officer for public information (open records). Each department head is an agent of the officer for public information for the purposes of complying with the public information (open records) laws and the College District’s policy on public records. The officer for public information (open records) shall make public information available for public inspection and copying. The officer for public information is responsible for the release of public information as required by Government Code Chapter 552. The officer is not responsible for the use made of the information by the requestor or the release of the information after it is removed from a record.
Departments are instructed to contact the Vice President of Finance immediately upon receipt of any request for public information. It is important to forward information requests to the Open Records Office as soon as they are received in order for the College District to meet the requirements of the Texas Public Information Act.
The following steps should be taken when receiving an open records request:
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Navarro College follows HB 3033 in regard to PIA Business Day guidelines. The following days will not be counted towards PIA deadlines:
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Approved: 2015
Updated: 2021, 2024
Reviewed: