Title 1: General Provisions
Chapter 5: Common Law, General Rights
1 V.S.A. § 317. Definitions; public agency; public records and documents

§ 317. Definitions; public agency; public records and documents

(a) As used in this subchapter, "public agency" or "agency" means any agency, board, department, commission, committee, branch, instrumentality or authority of the state or any agency, board, committee, department, branch, instrumentality, commission or authority of any political subdivision of the state.

(b) As used in this subchapter, "public record" or "public document" means all papers, documents, machine readable materials, computer databases, or any other written or recorded matters, regardless of their physical form or characteristics, that are produced or acquired in the course of agency business. Individual salaries and benefits of and salary schedules relating to elected or appointed officials and employees of public agencies shall not be exempt from public inspection and copying.

(b) As used in this subchapter, "public record" or "public document" means all papers, documents, machine readable materials or any other written or recorded matters, regardless of their physical form or characteristics, that are produced or acquired in the course of agency business. Individual salaries and benefits of and salary schedules relating to elected or appointed officials and employees of public agencies shall not be exempt from public inspection and copying.

(c) The following public records are exempt from public inspection and copying:

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    (11) student records, including records of a home study student, at educational institutions or agencies funded wholly or in part by state revenue; provided, however, that such records shall be made available upon request under the provisions of the Federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-380) and as amended;