Central Dauphin SD v. Hawkins, V., et al - No. (Granted) (petitions for allowance of appeal)

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT CENTRAL DAUPHIN SCHOOL DISTRICT, Petitioner v. VALERIE HAWKINS, FOX 43 NEWS AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, OFFICE OF OPEN RECORDS, Respondents : : : : : : : : : : : : : : No. 287 MAL 2021 Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Commonwealth Court ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 30th day of November, 2021, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED TO the issue set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to the remaining issue. The issue, as stated by Petitioner, is: Whether the Commonwealth Court committed reversible error by ordering disclosure and mandating redaction of a student education record that is exempt from public access under state and federal law – specifically, FERPA and Section[s] 102 and 305(a) of the Pennsylvania Right-to-KnowLaw?

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