STATE EX REL. MIAMI STUDENT v. MIAMI UNIV.

No. 96-1596.

79 Ohio St.3d 168 (1997)

THE STATE EX REL. THE MIAMI STUDENT ET AL. v. MIAMI UNIVERSITY ET AL.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 9, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sirkin, Pinales, Mezibov & Schwartz, Marc D. Mezibov and Ted L. Wills, for relators.

Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General; Draper, Hollenbaugh & Briscoe Co., L.P.A., Gerald L. Draper and Margaret R. Carmany, for respondents.

Baker & Hostetler, Michael D. Dortch, David L. Marburger and Lisa Hammond Johnson, urging issuance of the writ of mandamus for amicus curiae Ohio Coalition for Open Government.

Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General; Bricker & Eckler and Kurtis A. Tunnell, urging denial of the writ of mandamus for amici curiae twenty-two Ohio public colleges and universities.


FRANCIS E. SWEENEY, SR., J.

The issue before this court is whether relators are entitled to the requested records pertaining to Miami University Disciplinary Board proceedings for the years 1993-1996. Since we find that university disciplinary records are not "education records" under the federal law, FERPA, relators are entitled to these records under R.C. 149.43 subject to relators' own request that personal information regarding the students be deleted. Accordingly...

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