Required Financial Transparency

The French American School of Denver is a public charter school authorized by Denver Public Schools.   We follow Denver Public School policy for public records requests governed by the Colorado Open Records Act (CORA).  FASD requests may be sent to the Custodian of Records who is the School Director, Head of School, or Principal.  The first hour of staff or contractor time required to locate, review, redact, and prepare records is provided at no charge. After the first hour, the research and retrieval fee is $41.37 per hour (effective July 1, 2024), including time spent by third-party contractors. 

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​If a records request requires more than mere retrieval of records, including technical expertise to synthesize or reconfigure data, or legal expertise from attorneys in order to identify how to comply with confidentiality requirements, FASD will charge the requestor for such actual costs in accordance with the guidelines below. Any costs charged to a requestor shall not exceed the actual cost of producing the records, in accordance with CRS § 24-72- 205(5)(a).

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FASD will charge based on the rates below: 

• Records requests that exceed 25 pages will be charged at the rate of $0.25 per page for all documents photocopied.  FASD will charge the requestor for all copying expenses in excess of 25 pages and actual costs associated with research and retrieval in excess of the first free hour, in accordance with CRS § 24-72-205(5)(a) and (6)(a).

• Requests that require more than one hour of staff time for research and retrieval of records will be charged at the rate of $41.37 per hour after the first hour which is free.  

• Requests that require more than mere retrieval of records, such as technical expertise to synthesize or reconfigure data, apply unique suppression rules to remove identifiability and/or legal expertise to determine how to comply with confidentiality requirements shall be charged actual rates based on the hourly rate of the staff member based on salary, attorney billable hourly rate, or contractor hourly rate, in accordance with applicable law including CORA in accordance with the Colorado Open Records Act.  

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In addition to DPS policy, FASD reserves the right to treat closely-related requests as a single request, to require full payment of reasonably anticipated fees in advance, and to require full payment prior to the release of records.  The school may provide a cost estimate before undertaking extensive searches.

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Costs must be paid in full before FASD provides the records unless alternative arrangements have been made.

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If a CORA request is amended to modify the amount of any charges described above, the fees will be applied consistent with the provisions of such amendments.