Bill Removes State Supported Schools from Open Records Act

A bill introduced in the PA State Senate, Senate Bill 457, removes the state supported universities from part of the Open Records law.  It would exempt them from reporting certain types of information, such as salaries of highly-paid employees.  This is a step backwards. changes the status of state supported universities under the Open Records Law.  Since the entire text of the law is not included it is difficult to tell what, exactly the change means.

Bill sponsors are:

INTRODUCED BY BLAKE, DINNIMAN, WARD, FOLMER, TEPLITZ, STACK,
WAUGH, MENSCH, ALLOWAY, FONTANA, ERICKSON, FARNESE,
VULAKOVICH, VOGEL, BREWSTER, SOLOBAY, BROWNE, WASHINGTON,
BAKER, BRUBAKER AND FERLO, APRIL 1, 2013