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Question: Is the custodian’s decision to release the requested records consistent with the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)?

Brief Response: In my opinion, the custodian has correctly classified the citizen-complaint form as a personnel record that is subject to release. The custodian has also properly classified the disciplinary records as employee-evaluation records. And because the four-part test for release of employee-evaluation records appears to be met, the custodian’s decision to release those records is also consistent with the FOIA.

Request for review and certification of the popular name and ballot title of a proposed constitutional amendment with the popular name, “The Arkansas Ballot Measure Rights Amendment.”

Brief Response: Having reviewed the text of the proposed constitutional amendment, as well as the proposed popular name and ballot title, I must reject the popular name and ballot title for two reasons: (1) the ballot title does not comply with Act 602 of 2025, and (2) a key ambiguity in the text of your proposed measure prevents me from ensuring that your ballot title is not misleading or substituting a more appropriate ballot title.

Question: Is the custodian’s decision to release the requested record consistent with the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)?

Brief Response: In my opinion, the custodian has correctly classified the termination letter as an employee evaluation. And because the four-part test for release of employee-evaluation records appears to be met, the custodian’s decision to release the record is also consistent with the FOIA.