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FOIL Requests

RECORDS (FOIL) REQUESTS

Access to records of the Charter School for Applied Technologies shall be consistent with the rules and regulations established by the State Committee on Open Government and shall comply with all the requirements of the New York State Public Officers Law Section 84.

If any or all of the records required to be disclosed are maintained electronically and the school has reasonable means to retrieve such electronic records, CSAT will provide the records in an electronic format upon request. CSAT shall accept requests for records submitted online and respond to such requests by electronic mail using the forms supplied by the school. 

When the school maintains requested records electronically, the response shall inform the requester that the records are accessible in an electronic format, if they prefer, and in printed form either on paper or other information storage medium.

CSAT shall respond to a request within five (5) business days of the receipt of a request. Should all or part of the request need to be denied, the Charter School for Applied Technologies shall respond in the manner set forth by the rules and regulations stipulated by the Committee on Open Government.

Records that are exempt from FOIL include the following:

  1. Data that includes personally identifying information, the disclosure of which would constitute an invasion of a person’s personal privacy.

  2. Trade secrets that would, if disclosed, harm a company’s competitive advantage.

  3. Records that, if disclosed, would prevent a government agency from performing its duties.

  4. Records that are not maintained by the agency because there is no business reason to do so.

Nothing in FOIL law requires any entity “to prepare any record not possessed or maintained by such entity.”

If you wish to submit a FOIL request, please be sure to clearly describe the record(s) you are requesting, including relevant dates, names, and descriptions. You may use the FOIL Request Form to submit a request or send the request by mail:

1.) Electronic Form Request
2.) Request by Mail:

Charter School for Applied Technologies
Attn: FOIL Request Officer, Tanya Moore| CFO / Deputy Superintendent BFHC
317 Vulcan Street 
Buffalo, NY 14207