Records of the Newton County School System are subject to the Georgia Open Records Act, O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70 et seq.
Charging Fees for Open Records Requests
[O.C.G.A. § 50-18-72]
Criteria for Charges:
- Newton County Schools calculates fees based on the time and resources required to fulfill each request. This includes search, retrieval, review, copying, scanning, redaction, and production of records (“Production Tasks”) as allowed by Georgia law.
- Fees are calculated using the lowest prorated hourly salary of the full-time employee with the necessary skill and training to perform each necessary task.
- In accordance with Georgia law, the first fifteen (15) minutes of work performed for each request are provided free of charge.
- Charges for making photographs or reproductions of the records or documents will be calculated at $.10 per copy and a per-hour charge for the employee supervising the review of records.
Estimates and Payment Process:
- Newton County Schools will provide an estimate to the requestor if the task requires more than 15 minutes and will defer the Production Tasks until the requestor agrees to pay the estimated costs.
- If the requestor does not provide consent for payment within two (2) weeks of the estimate, NCS will close the file. A new request must be submitted if the requestor later seeks the same materials.
- Payment may be made by check or money order made payable to Newton County Schools.
Please direct open records requests to the Open Records Officer.
Newton County School System Open Records Officer
Sherri Partee
Executive Director of Communications
Newton County School System
2109 Newton Drive NE
Covington, GA 30014
E-mail: [email protected]
Fax: ( 678) 625-6316