Right To Know

In compliance with Act 3 of 2008, Pennsylvania’s Right to Know Law, the Midwestern Intermediate Unit IV Policy regarding Public Records, was adopted February 2003, and revised December 2008. MIU IV Board Policy

Effective January 1, 2009, all requests for access to Midwestern Intermediate Unit IV public records must be made in writing to the Open Records Officer on a Right to Know Request Form.

Click on the link to download the form in PDF format OR contact MIU IV's Office of Open Records to have one mailed to you. A form may also be obtained by contacting the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records at (717) 349-9903 or openrecords@state.pa.us

October 2024

The Office of Open Records has two important updates to share:

1) We have updated the Standard Right-to-Know Law Request Form.  Among other changes, the form is now two pages and includes a required checkbox affirming that the provided name and contact information is accurate and that the requester is a legal resident of the U.S..

2)The policy for requesting OOR Records has been modified and can be reviewed here. Notably, requests to the OOR must be made on either the OOR’s Standard Right-to-Know Law Request Form or by using the OOR’s Online Form.

The Right to Know Officer holds the following responsibilities:

• Receives written requests for access to records submitted to the Intermediate Unit.

• Reviews and responds to written requests in accordance with law, Board policy and administrative regulations.

• Directs requests to other appropriate individuals in the Intermediate Unit or in another agency.

• Tracks the Intermediate Unit’s progress in responding to requests.

• Issues interim and final responses to submitted requests.

• Maintains a log of all record requests and their disposition.

• Ensures Intermediate Unit staff are trained to perform assigned job functions relative to requests for access to records.