Public Information Requests

For guidance regarding your rights as a requestor and the public information procedures adopted by this governmental body, you may review the governmental body’s notice required under section 552.205 of the Government Code. You can find additional Public Information Act resources on the Office of the Attorney General's website at http://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/open-government.

Submitting a Request

Requests must be submitted in writing. Only written requests trigger a governmental body’s obligation under the Public Information Act. Submitting the form below is not required but may be helpful to the submitter.

If you are emailing or mailing or bringing your request in person, please include enough information and details about the request to help us to accurately identify and locate the information requested.

Requests may be submitted as follows:

Email: pir@parisjc.edu

Mail:
Office of the President
Paris Junior College
2400 Clarksville Street
Paris, TX 75460

In-Person Delivery:

The Office of the President located in the Administration building, room 148. For directions, please call 903-782-0330.

Under the Public Information Act, some categories of information do not have to be released. Exceptions to disclosure fall into two general categories:

1. mandatory exceptions that make information confidential and require a governmental body to withhold information
2. discretionary exceptions that allow but do not require a governmental body to withhold information. You may find information about mandatory and discretionary exceptions here.

In most instances, a governmental body is required to request a decision from the Attorney General in order to withhold information from a requestor. However, a requestor may permit a governmental body to redact information without requesting an Attorney General decision. You are not required to agree to the redaction of any information responsive to your request, but doing so may streamline the handling of your request. If you agree to redactions in this request, then you may request the redacted information in a future information request.

Please Note: If the information requested is unclear or if a large amount of information is requested you may be contacted to discuss clarifying or narrowing your request. There may be charges associated with production of the requested information. You may find more information regarding the charges under the Public Information Act.

More detailed information on the Public Information Act may be found on the Office of Attorney General (OAG) website. If you have questions regarding the Public Information Act, please call the OAG’s Open Government hotline at (512) 478-OPEN (6736) or (877) OPEN-TEX (673-6839).