College pulls sneaky trick in bid to deter student from investigating them

A assemblage student was deed pinch a mammoth $84,000 interest to entree immoderate accusation regarding an ongoing investigation astatine his school.

The student had requested a bid of documents from Grand Valley State University successful Michigan nether nan Freedom of Information Act.

These documents related to an ongoing investigation wrong nan schoolhouse aft he'd revenge 2 complaints against a University administrator.

He hoped nan archiving he received nether nan FOI petition could bolster his case. But nan schoolhouse said it would costs $84,000 conscionable to entree nan information.

Grand Valley State University issued a connection to WZZM which stood by nan exorbitant costs of nan service.

'Grand Valley utilized its normal process successful calculating nan interest for this request,' a spokesperson said.

'The petition is very wide and would impact much than 59,000 emails complete a specified period. 

'Fulfilling nan petition would require a qualified worker to benignant done each individual email and attachment to hunt for and redact protected and individual information.'

Under nan Freedom of Information Act, immoderate personnel of nan nationalist tin petition accusation from national agencies.

There are nary fees to request, but sometimes location tin beryllium associated costs pinch uncovering nan basal documents. 

The student's mother, Carrie Uthe, said: 'They did springiness america a archiving to show that breakdown, but that still made nary sense.'

'Our boy is conscionable trying to person his sound heard and nan correct group to beryllium addressed successful their behaviors that are mediocre choices that they've made.'