Update on student government open records legislation

Rep. Gottlieb’s office has sent us the updated version of his bill to require UW-System student governments to follow open records laws. The relevant language has been changed to read:

any body created by students at the University of Wisconsin System or the technical college system that allocates revenues derived from mandatory student fees to student groups or to itself

I and those I have spoken with are pretty pleased with the new wording and think it definitely fixes some of our previous concerns. From what we have heard, this will likely be the final draft of the legislation and is the wording that will be introduced when the legislature is back in session.

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