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1. Enrique is a convicted sex offender who was also a foster parent. Journalists found DSHS public records

2n February of 2005, The Spokesman-Review requested access to something called BART, which was overseen by something called the “Mitigating Circumstances Review Board.” Find the news story that resulted from this request.

The request for the access to BART resulted in a story about state employees that were working with vulnerable populations despite having criminal records that should have disqualified them.

Page 3. This is an internal records release form. How is this different from a public records request?
Internal records release forms means that it is not a public record, therefore a request from the agency is required.

Page 4. This is the agency’s response to a records request. What does RCW 13.50.100 say about public records?
because it is a juvenile justice case, meaning if there is information that is alleged, or protected by the RCW, than the agency has the right to redact the information.

a. one of the copies could be a draft that is overlooked and then re-written accordingly, but both remain public documents.

b.Father Joe claimed that he had grabbed the boy's hair when he was sitting down and when the boy abruptly got up it ripped out his hair.

c.The alleged forms of corporal punishment included open-hand smacking and pushing, whereas the admitted forms are hacking 5 times with a witness, these forms of punishment were later thrown out.

d. could be from the attorneys

e. drafts that are filed are exempt from public records in order for review in private.

f