{
 "topic": "FOIA section 3.6(c)",
 "statute": "5 ILCS 140/3.6(c)",
 "family": "Other FOIA provisions",
 "page": "https://illinoisfoia.org/issues/foia-3-6-c/",
 "note": "Determination letters are non-binding. Verify against the source PDF before citing.",
 "counts": {
  "violation_found": 0,
  "no_violation": 3,
  "no_determination": 1,
  "other": 0
 },
 "challenge_notes": null,
 "issues": [
  {
   "issue": "Timeliness of voluminous designation",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "A public body must respond to an amended voluminous request within 5 business days; the District's response on September 9 was timely.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Records of school busing errors and transportation incidents",
    "date": "2024-10-23",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-82943/"
   },
   "authorities": []
  },
  {
   "issue": "Ability to charge fees for voluminous request",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "FOIA does not require a public body to waive copying fees for voluminous requests, and the District did not provide a fee estimate but offered to confer.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Records of school busing errors and transportation incidents",
    "date": "2024-10-23",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-82943/"
   },
   "authorities": []
  },
  {
   "issue": "Failure to offer opportunity to reduce request",
   "outcome": "no_determination",
   "rule": "District did not strictly comply with requirement to offer opportunity to reduce request, but requesters did not object and it was unlikely to change outcome.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Emails between a school board president and superintendent",
    "date": "2025-09-19",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-81283/"
   },
   "authorities": []
  },
  {
   "issue": "Requirement to provide fee estimate",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "A public body need not provide a fee estimate for a non-voluminous request.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Documents about a city's property acquisition for a Dollar General store",
    "date": "2019-01-08",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-53612/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 41192",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  }
 ]
}