Response to HB7, "Stop WOKE Act"
| Submitted | Feb. 22, 2023 |
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From: Adam Steinbaugh
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Florida Sunshine Law, I hereby request the following records:
1) Any record reflecting any request for "guidance from the FLDOE" referenced in President Williams' January 11, 2023 memo to Chancellor Hebda, and any record reflecting any "guidance" received.
2) Any agenda for, minutes of, audio or video recordings (including Zoom recordings) of, or notes taken at any of the following meetings:
(a) a meeting on December 14, 2022 of the Council of Presidents
(b) a meeting on January 4, 2023 with Chancellor Hebda on the one hand and any member of the Council of Presidents (including President Williams) on the other;
(c) a meeting on January 5, 2023 between President Williams and Florida College System presidents, as referenced in President Williams' January 6, 2023 email with the subject line "Executive Order Framework";
(d) a meeting on January 17, 2023 at or about 6:30 p.m. with Chancellor Hebda on the one hand and any member of the Council of Presidents (including President Williams) on the other;
(e) the COP Professional Development meeting held on or about January 18, 2023;
(f) a coordination call held on February 2, 2023 by the Moore Agency. This meeting may have been attended by persons employed within the college's media/public relations staff.
3) Any copy of remarks presented (or talking points, notes, or similar preparatory materials) by President Williams at the February 1, 2023 faculty assembly.
4) Any emails (including attachments) sent to or from Williams.Tonjua@spcollege.edu which contain any of the "SEARCH TERMS" identified below. This request is limited to records generated on or after January 1, 2022.
5) Any emails (including attachments) sent (on or after November 1, 2022) to, from, or between Williams.Tonjua@spcollege.edu, on the one hand, and any of the following addresses, on the other hand: agarciafalconetti@polk.edu, parkera@palmbeachstate.edu, probstc@scf.edu, cflax-hyman@gulfcoast.edu, dstephenson@nwfsc.edu, emeadows@pensacolastate.edu, lorenzg@seminolestate.edu, ghaile@broward.edu, BigardH@LSSC.EDU, henningj@cf.edu, richeyj@easternflorida.edu, jdudley1@fsw.edu, MURDAUGJ@tcc.fl.edu, joepickens@sjrstate.edu, John.Avendano@fscj.edu, grosskopfj@nfcc.edu, Jonathan.gueverra@cfk.edu, Katwater@hccfl.edu, kplinske@valenciacollege.edu, lawrence.barrett@fgc.edu, mpumarie@mdc.edu, Paul.broadie@sfcollege.edu, CLEMMONSS@chipola.edu, thomas.leitzel@southflorida.edu, timmoore@irsc.edu, beardt@phsc.edu, tlobasst@daytonastate.edu, Kathy.Hebda@fldoe.org, or Henry.Mack@fldoe.org
6) Any draft of the FCS Presidents Statement (also known as the "COP Statement on HB 7") issued on or about January 18, 2023. This includes copies of any draft circulated by email and any Word version (including any redline version) sent to or from President Williams. This includes drafts circulated under any title, including (but not limited to) "FCS Presidents Statement", "Florida College System Presidents Statement on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Critical Race Theory", and "COP Statement on HB 7".
7) Any records reflecting or relating to the review on or about January 2, 2023 by Chancellor Hebda of the FCS Presidents Statement.
8) Any emails to or from President Williams concerning the "Executive Order Framework" as referenced in her January 6, 2023 email.
9) Any records reflecting the submission of a statement on HB 7 on or about December 14, 2022, as referenced in President Williams' December 14, 2022 email with the subject line "COP Statement on HB 7".
10) Any records reflecting any response to the December 14, 2022 submission from any state official or appointee.
11) Any text messages sent to or from President Williams and any member of the Council of Presidents on or after November 1, 2022.
12) Any emails (including attachments), text messages, or other communications between President Williams on the one hand and either Chancellor Henry Mack or Chancellor Kathryn Hebda on the other hand on or after November 1, 2022.
13) Emails (including attachments) sent to or from Matthew Liao-Troth or Jamelle Connor on or after December 1, 2022 containing any of the "SEARCH TERMS" identified below.
14) Any emails sent to or from President Williams or any person employed within the college's media/public relations staff, on the one hand, and the Moore Agency (including Kendra or Karen Moore: kendrap@themooreagency.com, KarenM@themooreagency.com), on or after January 1, 2023.
"SEARCH TERMS" means any of the following comma-delineated terms: HB7, HB 7, House Bill 7, Stop WOKE, Stop W.O.K.E., CRT, critical race theory, governor memorandum, executive order, 23-021, #23-021
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.
Sincerely,
Adam Steinbaugh
From: St. Petersburg College, St. Petersburg
Good Morning,
The Office of the General Counsel at St. Petersburg College is in receipt of your below request for public records. We will begin the process of identifying and compiling the records. Please be advised that records shall only include records already created and/or maintained by St. Petersburg College, its agents or business affiliates.
The College’s institutional policy is to charge a statutory surcharge for records that require extensive use of information technology resources and/or extensive clerical or supervisory assistance by personnel in addition to the actual cost of duplication, pursuant to § 119.07, Fla. Stat. The charge for print copies is 15 cents per one-sided copy. Should the production of the request warrant a surcharge for use of information resources and/or extensive clerical or supervisory assistance, an estimate will be provided.
Please contact me if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
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Mia Conza
General Counsel
Office of the General Counsel
St. Petersburg College | SPC Downtown Center
From: St. Petersburg College, St. Petersburg
Good Afternoon,
The College is continuing to make inquiries to determine if the records requested below are available and will provide the responsive documents within a reasonable time. In order to appropriately respond to your request, we ask that you please provide “Search Terms” for Requests No. 5, 11, 12 and 14. Alternatively, please confirm if the “Search Terms” provided in the below email apply to these requests.
If you have any questions or need for clarification, please let me know.
Thank you,
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Mia Conza
General Counsel
Office of the General Counsel
St. Petersburg College | SPC Downtown Center
From: Adam Steinbaugh
Ms. Conza --
The search terms do not apply to requests 5, 11, 12, or 14.
Best,
Adam Steinbaugh
From: St. Petersburg College, St. Petersburg
Good Afternoon,
Requests No. 5, 11, 12 and 14 do not have the required specificity to determine what records you are requesting. Please provide “Search Terms” for these requests so that we can appropriately respond. Until we have more specificity, we will not be able to provide the records.
Thank you,
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Mia Conza
General Counsel
Office of the General Counsel
St. Petersburg College | SPC Downtown Center
From: Adam Steinbaugh
Ms. Conza --
Request Nos. 5, 11, 12, and 14 identify specific senders and recipients, the means of communication, and a limited range of dates of those communications. The requests are sufficient to objectively identify the requested records and are substantially narrower than request upheld in O'Boyle v. Town of Gulf Stream, 257 So. 3d 1036, 1042 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2018). There, a requester sought "copies of text messages sent or received by the Town's Mayor since the time of his appointment." Id. at 1039. The court held that this was sufficient to establish a cause of action because it was, inter alia, "a specific request was made for all texts over a certain period of time." Id. at 1042. See also, e.g., State v. City of Clearwater, 863 So. 2d 149, 150 (Fla. 2003) (request for "all e-mails either sent from or received by two city employees over the City's computer network" over the course of one year).
Best,
Adam Steinbaugh
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Florida Sunshine Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on Feb. 23, 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.
From: St. Petersburg College, St. Petersburg
Good Morning,
The College is in the process of compiling and reviewing the requested records. The voluminous number of records requested requires an extensive use of resources to comply. In addition, some of the information requested maintained in a format that is not readily available for production. Compiling this information requires a substantial amount of IT resources and labor costs to produce. In accordance with 119.07, Fla. Stat., the estimate to review, redact, prepare, and produce the records is as follows:
* $64/hour x 16 hours = $1,024
* $157.50/hour x 15 hours = $2,362.50
* Total: $4,725
Please advise if you are willing to pay for the requested records. If you have any questions or need clarification, please let me know.
Thank you,
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Mia Conza
General Counsel
Office of the General Counsel
St. Petersburg College | SPC Downtown Center
From: St. Petersburg College, St. Petersburg
Mia Conza would like to recall the message, "Florida Sunshine Law Request: Response to HB7, "Stop WOKE Act"".
From: St. Petersburg College, St. Petersburg
Good Morning,
The College is in the process of compiling and reviewing the requested records. The voluminous number of records requested requires an extensive use of resources to comply. In addition, some of the information requested maintained in a format that is not readily available for production. Compiling this information requires a substantial amount of IT resources and labor costs to produce. In accordance with 119.07, Fla. Stat., the estimate to review, redact, prepare, and produce the records is as follows:
* $64/hour x 16 hours = $1,024
* $157.50/hour x 15 hours = $2,362.50
* Total: $3,386.50
Please advise if you are willing to pay for the requested records. If you have any questions or need clarification, please let me know.
Thank you,
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Mia Conza
General Counsel
Office of the General Counsel
St. Petersburg College | SPC Downtown Center
From: Adam Steinbaugh
Ms. Conza --
We're willing to pay the $3,386.50. Please let me know how to proceed.
Best,
Adam Steinbaugh
From: St. Petersburg College, St. Petersburg
Good Afternoon,
Please submit a check payable to St. Petersburg College at the following address:
St. Petersburg College
Office of the General Counsel
P.O. Box 13489
St. Petersburg, FL 33733-3489
Please note on the check that it relates to a fee for a public records request. Once we receive the payment, we will continue processing and reviewing the request.
If you have any questions, please let me know.
Thank you,
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Mia Conza
General Counsel
Office of the General Counsel
St. Petersburg College | SPC Downtown Center
From: Adam Steinbaugh
Thank you -- can you provide a W-9 form?
From: St. Petersburg College, St. Petersburg
Good Afternoon,
Please see W-9 attached.
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Mia Conza
General Counsel
Office of the General Counsel
St. Petersburg College | SPC Downtown Center
From: Adam Steinbaugh
Ms. Conza --
I'm writing with respect to our February 23, 2023 request for records. Can you apprise me as to when we can expect production of the responsive records?
Thanks in advance,
Adam Steinbaugh
From: St. Petersburg College, St. Petersburg
Good Morning,
Thank you for your email. The responsive records are in the final stages of being compiled. We expect to have the documents ready within the next two weeks.
If you have any questions or need for clarification, please let me know.
Thank you,
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Mia Conza
General Counsel
Office of the General Counsel
St. Petersburg College | SPC Downtown Center
From: Adam Steinbaugh
Good morning Ms. Conza --
Do you have an update as to when we can expect receipt of these records?
Best,
Adam Steinbaugh
From: St. Petersburg College, St. Petersburg
Thank you for your email. The responsive records are still in the final stages of being compiled and prepared. We expect to have the documents ready within the next 10 business days.
If you have any questions or need for clarification, please let me know.
Thank you,
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Mia Conza
General Counsel
Office of the General Counsel
St. Petersburg College | SPC Downtown Center
From: Adam Steinbaugh
Good morning Ms. Conza --
Do you have an update as to when we can expect receipt of these records?
Best,
Adam Steinbaugh
From: Hood County Constable’s Office, Precinct Four
Ms. Conza --
Please see the attached correspondence.
Thank you,
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Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
510 Walnut Street
Suite 1250
Philadelphia, PA 19106
(215) 717-3473
adam@thefire.org
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From: St. Petersburg College, St. Petersburg
Good Morning,
Please see attached records in response to your public records request. If you have any questions or need clarification, please let me know.
Thank you,
Mia Conza
General Counsel - Office of the General Counsel
St. Petersburg College
727.341.4550
conza.mia@spcollege.edu
From: St. Petersburg College, St. Petersburg
Good Morning, Mr. Steinbaugh,
Thank you for taking my call a few moments ago. As discussed, the requested records have been uploaded. Thank you for your understanding and patience with this request. If there are any questions or need for clarification, please let me know.
Thank you,
Mia
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Mia Conza
General Counsel
Office of the General Counsel
St. Petersburg College | SPC Downtown Center
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