West Chester University RTK
| Tracking # |
2020-010 |
| Submitted | Feb. 11, 2020 |
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From: Madison Karas
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Pennsylvania Right to Know Act, I hereby request the following records:
* Any annual, quarterly or semesterly logs or reports that detail how often various school therapy services are provided to students. Please provide logs from the academic year beginning in 2014 through the present.
* Any reports, logs, or other data that tracks average wait times for students who have sought help for mental health issues. Please provide logs from the academic year beginning in 2014 through the present.
* The budget for mental health services for each year beginning in 2014 through the present.
* Any reports, logs, or other data that tracks the number of mental-health related accommodations requested each school year, as well as the outcomes of those accommodation requests. Please provide records beginning in 2014 through the present.
* Any and all policies related to mental health, including but not limited to policies governing leaves of absence (voluntary and involuntary) for students, as well as any logs or reports that note the voluntary and involuntary leaves of absences students have taken each year since 2014.
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 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Madison Karas
From: West Chester University
This automatic response acknowledges receipt by West Chester University of Pennsylvania of your written request for records under the Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law (65 P. S. §§ 67.101 et seq.,) ("RTKL").
Requests submitted during regular business hours, which are 8 AM to 4 PM, will be deemed to have been received on that business day and will receive a response on or before the five day response time. Requests received after 4 PM will be deemed to have been received on the following business day and the response time will be adjusted accordingly.
For purposes of determining the end of the five (5) business-day period, the day that a request is received (or deemed to be received) is not counted. The first day of the five (5) business-day period is the University’s next business day.
A business day shall be any Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday, except those days when the offices of the University are closed for all or part of a day due to a state holiday; due to severe weather (such as a blizzard or ice storm); due to a natural or other disaster; or due to the request or direction of local, state, or federal law-enforcement agencies or officials.
From: West Chester University
Dear Ms. Karas:
This email acknowledges receipt by West Chester University of Pennsylvania of your written request for records under the Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law (65 P. S. §§ 67.101 et seq.,) ("RTKL"). Your request was received by West Chester University's Open Records Officer on February 12, 2020. Therefore, under the RTKL, a written response to your request is due on or before February 19, 2020. This email is provided pursuant to that requirement.
You are hereby notified that, for the reasons in section 902 (a) (7) of the RTK law, the extent or nature of the request precludes a response within the required time period. Hence, this agency will require up to an additional 30 calendar days, i.e., up to March 20, 2020, in which to provide a final written response to your request.
Todd E. Murphy, Open Records Officer
Office of the Vice President for Finance and Administration
201 Carter Drive, Suite 200, Room 202
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
West Chester, PA 19383
Fax: 610-738-0314
Email: righttokno@wcupa.edu<mailto:righttokno@wcupa.edu>
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Pennsylvania Right to Know Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Feb. 11, 2020. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on March 20, 2020. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #2020-010.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: West Chester University
Dear Ms. Karas:
This email acknowledges receipt by West Chester University of Pennsylvania of your written request for records under the Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law (65 P. S. §§ 67.101 et seq.,) ("RTKL"). Your request was received by West Chester University's Open Records Officer on February 12, 2020.
On February 19, 2020, you were notified that, for the reasons in section 902 (a) (7) of the RTK law, the extent or nature of the request precluded a response within the required time period. Thus, this agency required up to an additional 30 calendar days, i.e., up to March 20, 2020, in which to provide a final written response to your request. This email is provided pursuant to that requirement.
Your request:
"Pursuant to the Pennsylvania Right to Know Act, I hereby request the following records:
* Any annual, quarterly or semesterly logs or reports that detail how often various school therapy services are provided to students. Please provide logs from the academic year beginning in 2014 through the present.
* Any reports, logs, or other data that tracks average wait times for students who have sought help for mental health issues. Please provide logs from the academic year beginning in 2014 through the present.
* The budget for mental health services for each year beginning in 2014 through the present.
* Any reports, logs, or other data that tracks the number of mental-health related accommodations requested each school year, as well as the outcomes of those accommodation requests. Please provide records beginning in 2014 through the present.
* Any and all policies related to mental health, including but not limited to policies governing leaves of absence (voluntary and involuntary) for students, as well as any logs or reports that note the voluntary and involuntary leaves of absences students have taken each year since 2014.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes."
The response to your request is attached.
WCU does not have a leave of absence policy. Here is the link to our withdraw policies: https://catalog.wcupa.edu/undergraduate/academic-policies-procedures/enrolling-in-withdrawing-from-courses/
WCU has not had any instances of involuntary medical withdraws.
Pursuant to the Office of Open Records' final decision in Jenkins vs. Pennsylvania Department of State, OOR Dkt. AP 2009-065, it should be noted that: "It is not a denial of access when an agency does not possess records and [there is no] legal obligation to obtain them (see, e.g. Section 67.506 (d)(1))."
Please be advised that this correspondence will serve to close this record with our office as permitted by law.
Todd E. Murphy, Open Records Officer
Office of the Vice President for Finance and Administration
201 Carter Drive, Suite 200, Room 202
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
West Chester, PA 19383
Fax: 610-738-0314
Email: righttokno@wcupa.edu<mailto:righttokno@wcupa.edu>
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