The Office of Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron issued two Opinions and Open Records/Open Meetings Decisions last week. The summaries are listed here.

1. 20-ORD-001 (Warren County)

Western Kentucky University ("WKU") did not violate the Open Records Act ("the Act") when it denied Matt Stahl's ("Appellant") request for student education records, and explained these documents were exempt under federal and state law. WKU also met its burden of proof regarding the denial of records based on their nonexistence.

2. 20-ORD-002 (Franklin County)

The Kentucky State Police ("KSP") did not violate the Open Records Act ("the Act") in denying a request for all reports and uniform citations pertaining to a specified case in which KSP has not declined prosecution, because it ultimately provided a specific reason to justify its denial as to any existing reports pursuant to KRS 17.150(2)(d), incorporated into the Open Records Act by operation of KRS 61.878(1)(l). KSP cannot provide the requester with nonexistent citations and ultimately satisfied its burden per KRS 61.880(2)(c) of justifying the denial as to uniform citations based on the nonexistence of such records.