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Our mission is to strengthen the capacity of our customers by ensuring the effective, efficient, and prudent use of agency resources in advancing the Regents Strategic Plan. OMS will also develop sound practices, policies, and decisions to promote accountability and high performance throughout the Department.
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Freedom of Information Law (FOIL)
New York State’s Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law §87 et. seq. ) allows members of the public to access records of governmental agencies. FOIL provides a process for the review and copying of an agency’s records. More information about the Freedom of Information Law can be found at: http://www.dos.state.ny.us/coog/foil.html.
Due to three relocations of the Records Access Office, your FOIL request may not have been received. If you have not received an acknowledgment to your FOIL request, please submit a new FOIL request to the address below.
Freedom of Information Law requests for State Education Department records may be made by:
Mail:
Records Access Officer
New York State Education Department
89 Washington Ave, Room 115 EB
Albany, NY 12234
Phone: (518) 474-6569
Fax: (518) 473-4909
Sample FOIL Request for Records
E-Mail:FOIL@mail.nysed.gov
SED charges the statutorily permitted fee of $.25 per page for duplication of records requested under FOIL (Public Officers Law §87[1][b][iii]). There is no provision in law or regulation for waiver of this fee. Payment must be made to the NYS Education Department by check or money order. Payment should not be submitted until you are notified that your request is granted and informed of the charge for your request.
SED records are available for inspection at no cost to the public. Copies
are available at the statutorily permitted duplication fee of $.25 per page
by check or money order made payable to the New York State Education Department.
Requests for inspection must be in writing and addressed to the Records Access
Officer via regular or electronic mail or facsimile. The Records Access Officer
will acknowledge receipt and provide the requestor with the SED staff person's
name, title, and phone number to schedule an appointment at a mutually convenient
date and time for inspection. Records or portions thereof which are prohibited
from disclosure pursuant to FOIL will be redacted or omitted; the requestor
will be notified of the reason(s) for the redaction(s) and of the procedures
to appeal to the Commissioner of Education. Inspection of records are by appointment
between the hours of 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM.
Any person denied access to a record may within thirty days appeal in writing to:
Commissioner of Education
New York State Education Department
89 Washington Avenue
Room 111, Education Building
Albany, NY 12234