Looking for information on how to make FOIA requests, be it to school districts, the feds, or local governments. Any specific forms or templates to use? Anything that needs to be in the request?
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There is no specific form. It also depends on how broad and open your specific states record laws are. For a state like Florida with the sunshine law, all you need is to give enough information about what record you are requesting.
It can be verbal or in writing. You are not required to identify yourself or to produce an id. The only restrictions are victim information due to Marcy's law and medical information due to hippa. There may be a cost for the records depending on the size, scope and hours of manpower it will take to complete your request.
https://www.nfoic.org/foi-center/