VA Public Records Exemption for University Presidents' Papers Limits Oversight — ProPublica

A provision in state law exempts college presidents’ “working papers and correspondence” from disclosure even after they step down — as we found out when we asked about one ex-president’s role in campus expansions that uprooted a Black neighborhood.

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