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A Florida appeals court upheld Florida’s open meetings law today and ordered the National Collegiate Athletic Association to hand over documents related to secret disciplinary proceedings against Florida State University.
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum has stepped into the battle of the Florida news organizations against the National College Athletics Association and Florida State University over a records dispute, the Orlando Sentinel reported. McCollum filed a friend-of-the-court brief this week backing up the press in their claim that the university has tried to sidestep the state's Sunshine Law.
In response to a lawsuit alleging that it was violating Florida's open record law, the National Collegiate Athletic Association agreed Tuesday to let Florida State University transcribe, redact and release a document regarding sanctions in an academic scandal, the Tallahassee Democratreported.
College sports programs across the country are facing media scrutiny after a Columbus Dispatchreport last month revealed inconsistent interpretations of the secrecy provisions in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
