{
 "topic": "FOIA section 7(1)(p) - Collective bargaining negotiation records",
 "statute": "5 ILCS 140/7(1)(p)",
 "family": "FOIA exemptions (section 7)",
 "page": "https://illinoisfoia.org/issues/foia-7-1-p/",
 "note": "Determination letters are non-binding. Verify against the source PDF before citing.",
 "counts": {
  "violation_found": 2,
  "no_violation": 1,
  "no_determination": 0,
  "other": 0
 },
 "challenge_notes": null,
 "issues": [
  {
   "issue": "Section 7(1)(p) exemption for community communications",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "Section 7(1)(p) does not exempt unsolicited communications from third-party community members who were not participants in the collective bargaining process.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Communications about scheduling make-up school days",
    "date": "2023-09-11",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-58746/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Kalven v. City of Chicago",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/2014%20IL%20App%20(1st)%20121846/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 32159",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. Pub. Acc. Op. No. 14-002",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/2014-pac-27500/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Lieber v. Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Withholding of records relating to collective negotiating matters under section 7(1)(p)",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "Section 7(1)(p) applies only to records of an active or imminent collective bargaining process, not discussions that merely could lead to bargaining.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Correspondence about classroom observations and integration",
    "date": "2019-02-07",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-53659/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Lieber v. Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University, 176 Ill. 2d 401",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Kalven v. City of Chicago, 2014 IL App (1st) 121846",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/2014%20IL%20App%20(1st)%20121846/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 32159",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. Pub. Acc. Op. No. 14-002",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/2014-pac-27500/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Draft proposals and preliminary contract language under 7(1)(p)",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "Records constituting the substance of ongoing collective negotiations between a public body and its employees' representatives are exempt under 7(1)(p).",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Draft contract language and salary schedules from union negotiations",
    "date": "2016-06-30",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-41667/"
   },
   "authorities": []
  }
 ]
}