The Texas Public Information Act (TPIA) gives individuals the right to request access to
public information. Texas Government Code 552.002(a) defines “public information” as
information that is written, provided, collected, assembled, or maintained under a law or
ordinance or in connection with the transaction of official business.
Blooming Grove ISD, as a local governmental entity, is subject to the requirements of
the TPIA. However, the TPIA does not require Blooming Grove ISD to create new
information or perform legal research. For more information about the Texas Public
Information Act, visit the Texas Attorney General website or browse the Public
Information Act Handbook.
All requests must be sent as follows:
By Email:
Please submit requests via email to [email protected]. The subject line
should by “Public Information Request” or “Open Records Request.” All requests
must be sent to this email address to ensure compliance with the required
timeframe under the TPIA.
By mail:
Blooming Grove ISD
Attention: Business Office – Public Information Request
212 W. Grady St.
Blooming Grove, Texas 76626
In person:
212 W. Grady St.
Blooming Grove, Texas 76626
When can I expect a response to my request?
Blooming Grove ISD strives to meet information requests in compliance with state and
federal laws. To the extent possible, requests are handled in the order they are
received. By law, Blooming Grove ISD has ten (10) business days to determine whether
or not to seek an Attorney General’s ruling regarding information that may be exempted
from public disclosure.
Additionally, effective September 1, 2023, Texas House Bill 3033 updated the definition
of a business day under the TPIA. Under the new definition in Texas Government Code
552.0031, a business day is any day other than a Saturday or Sunday, a national
holiday, or a state holiday, including an optional holiday observed by the government
body. The Friday before or the Monday after a state or national holiday is also not a
business day if the governmental body observes the holiday on that Friday or Monday.
A Board of Trustees of a school district may also designate up to ten non-business days
per calendar year.
All days not listed below are considered business days for Public Information Act
requests even if BGISD is closed as a district.
BGISD Board of Trustees’ locally designated Non-Business Days:
-Monday, December 23, 2024
-December 27, 2024
-December 30, 2024
-December 31, 2024
-January 2, 2025
-January 3, 2025
-January 6, 2025
-January 7, 2025
-March 10, 2025
-March 11, 2025
Statutorily defined non-business days
- Saturdays and Sundays
National and state holidays defined as non-business days
- January 1 (New Years’ Day)
- January 15 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day)
- February 19 (Presidents Day)
- May 27 (Memorial Day)
- July 4 (Independence Day)
- September 2 (Labor Day)
- November 11 (Veterans Day)
- November 28 (Thanksgiving Day)
- November 29 (day after Thanksgiving)
- December 24 (day before Christmas)
- December 25 (Christmas)
- December 26 (day after Christmas)