Austin Independent School Office of the General Counsel June 13, 2018 Honorable Ken Paxton Texas Attomey General P.O. Box 12548 Austin, Texas 78711-2548 Re: Request for Attorney General Opinion Pursuant to Texas Government Code, Section 552.301 Dear Attorney General Paxton: On May 29, 2018, the Austin Independent School District (“the District") received a Public Information Act request from Deborah Simmons for records pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act. ‘This request is attached and marked as Exhibit A. The District is currently withholding access to responsive documents which it believes are excepted from disclosure. Accordingly, the District seeks a determination from your office as to whether this information is subject to required public disclosure under the Texas Public Information Act, Chapter 552 of the Texas Government Code. This request is timely filed. The original request for information was received by the District on May 29, 2018. The District was closed for business on June 8, 2018. See District Calendar attached as Exhibit B. Therefore, the tenth business day following receipt of the request is June 13, 2018. ‘The District will be submitting not later than the 15" business day from the date the request was received, along with the documents or representative samples of such, its brief in support of the arguments being made under Sections 552.101 through 552,158, and more specifically, Texas Government Code Sections 552.107 and 552.111. By copy of this letter to the requestor we are providing notice of the District’s request to your office for a determination in this matter. As always, please do not hesitate to contact me at (512) 414-9812 if you have any additional questions. ‘ILI West Sixth Street Austin, Texas 78703 ‘Yise Jansen, General CourseT Bia) 414-9812; 414-9678 Mathew A Titles, Sif’ Atarmey G0) 414-005; 4149678 Jenifer Gamez, Paralegal (512) 414.9813; (4149878 Bridget Bolden, Execuve Assistant (12) 414-3974; (F) 414.9676cc: Deborah Simmons Melissa Sabatino AISD Public Information Coordinator