Geographic exemption breakdown

Request to:: Department of Education
Law used:: State of Hawaii UIPA
Status of this request:: Request partially successful
Refusal Reason: HIDOE does not track or maintain a system that can compile the information for items 2 and 3.
Summary of Request: 1) A breakdown for the past five years of the approved geographic exceptions by the reason category, such as physical residence, sibling at same school and so on. 2) The number of geographic exception applicants who were in a lottery, for each of the past five years. 3) The number of lotteries held for geographic exceptions over each of the past five years.

Messages in this request

From	Joe Kent (Grassroot Institute of Hawaii)
Subject	Records Request for Department of Education: Geographic exemption breakdown [#1302]
Date	Dec. 11, 2024, 1:17 p.m.
To	Department of Education
Status	Awaiting response
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Aloha, Pursuant to the public records law, I would like to request the following records in electronic format sent to my email address.

1) A breakdown for the past five years of the approved geographic exceptions by the reason category, such as physical residence, sibling at same school and so on.

2) The number of geographic exception applicants who were in a lottery, for each of the past five years.

3) The number of lotteries held for geographic exceptions over each of the past five years.

Joe Kent (Grassroot Institute of Hawaii)

1 week, 2 days agoDec. 11, 2024, 1:17 p.m.: Joe Kent (Grassroot Institute of Hawaii) sent a message to Department of Education.

From	Justin Takaki – Department of Education
Subject	Re: Records Request for Department of Education: Geographic exemption breakdown [#1302]
Date	Dec. 18, 2024, 2:12 p.m.
Status	Request resolved
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Joe Kent, I am writing you this email in response to your request for records. Office staff completed the search/review of records and I have attached a notice detailing the search results. The responsive information is found on page 4 of the attached document. Thank you, Justin Takaki Hawaii Department of Education Office of the Superintendent ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Joe Kent < <name and email address> > Date: Wed, Dec 11, 2024 at 1:18 PM Subject: Records Request for Department of Education: Geographic exemption breakdown [#1302] To: < <name and email address> > Aloha, Pursuant to the public records law, I would like to request the following records in electronic format sent to my email address. 1) A breakdown for the past five years of the approved geographic exceptions by the reason category, such as physical residence, sibling at same school and so on. 2) The number of geographic exception applicants who were in a lottery, for each of the past five years. 3) The number of lotteries held for geographic exceptions over each of the past five years. Mahalo, Joe Kent Grassroot Institute of Hawaii …

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2 days, 16 hours agoDec. 18, 2024, 2:13 p.m.: Received an email from Department of Education.
2 days, 14 hours agoDec. 18, 2024, 4:06 p.m.: Department of Education answered partially, but denied access to all information on the grounds of HIDOE does not track or maintain a system that can compile the information for items 2 and 3..