List of books prohibited under Senate File 496 (Cedar Rapids Community School District)

Hello Ben Welsh,

Your information that you requested about Open Records.

I want to provide what we provided to the Des Moines Register.

The link to the minutes on the board website:
https://crschools.us/about/board-of-education/meetings-and-agendas/
From these meetings -

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These are open to the public.

Thanks,
Justin

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From: CRCSD, Community Relations <communityrelations@crschools.us>
Date: Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 8:15 AM
Subject: Fwd: Iowa Open Records Law Request: List of books prohibited under
Senate File 496 (Cedar Rapids Community School District)
To: Justin Schaefer <jschaefer@crschools.us>

Community Relations Office

Cedar Rapids Community School District

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From: <requests@muckrock.com>
Date: Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 12:00 AM
Subject: RE: Iowa Open Records Law Request: List of books prohibited under
Senate File 496 (Cedar Rapids Community School District)
To: <communityrelations@crschools.us>

Cedar Rapids Community School District
ORA Office
2500 Edgewood Rd NW
Cedar Rapids, IA 52405

August 18, 2023

This is a follow up to a previous request:

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Iowa Open Records Law request,
copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 8, 2023. Please let me know
when I can expect to receive a response.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

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On Aug. 6, 2023:
Subject: Iowa Open Records Law Request: List of books prohibited under
Senate File 496 (Cedar Rapids Community School District)
To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Iowa Open Records Law, I hereby request the following
records:

An electronic list of all books prohibited from your school district's
libraries, classrooms and other distribution systems since the passage of
Senate File 496, a new state law that the Des Moines Register says
"requires teachers and administrators to review their libraries and
classrooms for books that depict sex acts."

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and
this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform
me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer
the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or
CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I
look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business
days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Ben Welsh

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PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW ADDRESS
For mailed responses, please address (see note):
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 150356
263 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115

PLEASE NOTE: This request is not filed by a MuckRock staff member, but is
being sent through MuckRock by the above in order to better track, share,
and manage public records requests. Also note that improperly addressed
(i.e., with the requester's name rather than "MuckRock News" and the
department number) requests might be returned as undeliverable.

NOTICE: This communication and any response to it may constitute a public
record, and therefore, may be available upon request under Iowa public
records law, Iowa Code Chapter 22.

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Justin Schaefer

Interim Director of Communications

Direct Extension: 319-558-1394

Office Phone: 319-558-2104

Mobile Phone: 319-721-7647

Educational Leadership & Support Center

2500 Edgewood RD. NW

Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52405

crschools.us

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