{"content":[{"text":"or the clerk. You note the language contained in K.S.A. \n 72-8202c and 45-217(c) and enclose a copy of language proposed \n by the Kansas Association of School Boards which designates \n the superintendent as the custodian of school board records. \n You proffer the position that the superintendent is the true \n custodian of records and you offer policy arguments for that \n position. While we do not take issue with the wisdom of these \n policy statements, our function is to determine what the law \n states, requires or permits.","bbox":{"left":0.079098,"top":0.152861,"width":0.727201,"height":0.138937}},{"text":"K.S.A. 45-215 et seq . establishes the Kansas open \n records act (KORA) and sets forth the policy and procedures \n involved in providing the public with access to or copies of \n public records. K.S.A. 45-217(c) and (d) define and \n differentiate between \"custodian\" and \"official custodian\":","bbox":{"left":0.078279,"top":0.301391,"width":0.7030810000000001,"height":0.08100099999999999}},{"text":"\"(c) 'Custodian' means the official \n custodian or any person designated by the \n official custodian to carry out the duties \n of custodian under this act.","bbox":{"left":0.195572,"top":0.392825,"width":0.4907800000000001,"height":0.06500900000000004}},{"text":"\"(d) 'Official custodian' means any \n officer or employee of a public agency who \n is responsible for the maintenance of \n public records, regardless of whether such \n records are in the officer's or employee's \n actual personal custody and control.\"","bbox":{"left":0.195572,"top":0.468582,"width":0.49111000000000005,"height":0.0946820000000001}},{"text":"K.S.A. 45-220 allows each public agency to adopt procedures to \n be followed in requesting access to and obtaining copies of \n public records. In establishing such procedures, K.S.A. \n 45-220(e) states:","bbox":{"left":0.07713,"top":0.574075,"width":0.724484,"height":0.06343100000000002}},{"text":"\"(e) Each official custodian of public \n records shall designate such persons as \n necessary to carry out the duties of \n custodian under this act and shall ensure \n that a custodian is available during \n regular business hours of the public \n agency to carry out such duties.\"","bbox":{"left":0.194752,"top":0.649201,"width":0.47909500000000005,"height":0.11014800000000002}},{"text":"K.S.A. 45-220(f)(2) further","bbox":{"left":0.07631,"top":0.770097,"width":0.312314,"height":0.018924000000000052}},{"text":"provides:","bbox":{"left":0.400192,"top":0.770097,"width":0.104105,"height":0.018924000000000052}},{"text":"\"(f) Each public agency shall provide, \n upon request of any person, the following \n information:","bbox":{"left":0.194752,"top":0.800716,"width":0.47909499999999994,"height":0.04865700000000006}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}