Kansas University charges student $1,800 for open-records request about Kochs [View all]
Source: Lawrence Journal-World
A student who was told by Kansas University it would cost $1,800 to provide records about the financial relationship between the school and the Koch brothers said Tuesday she has raised the money.
"We'll be submitting payment tomorrow," said Schuyler Kraus, president of Students for a Sustainable Future, which filed the request last month under the Kansas Open Records Act.
Much of Kraus' records request and an article she wrote that was published on the Journal-World's Opinion Page on Sunday seeks information on the financial relationship between Art Hall, the executive director of the Center for Applied Economics at KU's School of Business, and conservative activists Charles and David Koch, billionaires who own Wichita-based Koch Industries.
... "I feel like because we are tuition-paying students and taxpaying Kansans, there shouldn't be a fee or it should be minimal," Kraus said. Members of the Kansas chapter of the American Association of University Professors agreed with Kraus and donated $1,000 to her group's effort. ... Other donations came in and eventually put Kraus over the $1,800.
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