Public Information Requests

Public Information Requests
The Public Information Act (PIA) gives the public the right to request access to government information. The request must ask for information already in existence. The PIA does not require Taft ISD to create new information or perform legal searches.

Taft ISD will promptly respond to requests for information in accordance with the PIA. Please refer to Taft ISD’s Public Information Calendar  for a list of holidays observed by the District and days designated by the Board of Trustees as non-business days for purposes of the PIA

Public Information Act
Texas Government Code, Chapter 552, provides the public with access to government records, and an officer for public information and/or the officer’s agent may not ask why the records are being requested. All government information is presumed to be available to the public for inspection.  Certain exceptions may apply to the disclosure of the information.  Governmental bodies shall promptly release requested information that is not confidential by law, either constitutional, statutory, or by judicial decision, or information for which an exception to disclosure has not been sought.


Procedures to Request Information
You may submit a written request via email, mail, fax, or in person. Include enough description and detail about the information requested to enable the district to accurately identify and locate the information requested.

By mail or in person to:  

Taft Independent School District

Attention: Communications Department

502 Rincon Rd #A1

Taft, TX 78390
 

By Email: pattie.martinez@taftisd.net

By Fax: 361-528-2223
 

If you are requesting information related to your student's records, please contact the school/teacher.

If you are requesting personnel information, please contact Human Resources. 

TISD follows the pricing schedule adopted by the General Services Commission. Copy charges are as follows:

  1. Standard-paper copy.  The charge for standard-paper copies reproduced by means of an office machine copier or a computer printer is $.10 per page or part of a page.  Each side that has recorded information is considered a page.

  2. Additional charges may apply for specific requests of information or media.