Settlement records project
Latest from the record
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Four New Determinations in Three Days, and One Appeal That Never Was
The Supervisor of Records priced Wakefield’s attorney-review rate, priced Cambridge’s records-officer rate, upheld East Bridgewater’s $350 estimate, and closed Swansea’s fee appeal — all between October…
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Swansea Cut Its Fee $175 and Got Appealed Anyway; Westwood Was Ordered to Rebuild Its $300
A district priced its own search-and-dedup hours at $175 with no page count in sight, cut the bill after we narrowed the period, and received an…
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Swansea Cut Its Fee Estimate by $175. We Appealed It Anyway, the Same Evening.
After Parent Data Force narrowed the period, Swansea Public Schools rebuilt its good-faith estimate from $500 to $325 — thirteen itemized hours, no reproduction charge. Hours…
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Westwood’s $300 Estimate Ordered Revised or Explained: SPR26/4078
The Supervisor of Records held that Westwood may charge $25 an hour and may bill its first two hours — but ordered the School to revise…
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One Day, Four Districts: Five Days, Six Pages, a Closed Loop, and a Spam Folder
The Supervisor granted a district more time and warned it about the deadline it does not extend. Grafton reissued six corrected pages and became the first…
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Weymouth’s $350 Estimate Ordered Revised, and the Redaction Hours Struck Out: SPR26/4062
The Supervisor of Records found Weymouth’s estimate unsupported, gave the District ten business days to revise or explain it, and held that the twelve hours of…
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Records
Submit documents and data
A settlement agreement, an IEP, a placement decision, a fee letter, minutes from a meeting. Send the document and we will use it in an appeal or publish it in the tracker.
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Speak at public comment
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