CJP Nation is researching how Chicago universities respond to sexual violence on campus. As part of their research they are reviewing the mandated reports the universities have to file both to the federal and state governments. As part of this work the group learned that each university in Illinois has to file a report with the state under the Preventing Sexual Violence in Higher Education Act. For some reason the Illinois Attorney General’s office does not make these report available online. We believe this is a grave injustice and have filed this request for access to those reports will the Attorney General’s office.

FOIA Content

To:      Illinois Attorney General’s Office

Re:      Preventing Sexual Violence in Higher Education Act Reports

In accordance with the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140, I request that your office provide the following public records:

FOIA A

Provide copies of the Preventing Sexual Violence in Higher Education Act Annual Reports submitted by the following universities for 2017-2023. The universities we are seeking these reports from are:

·      University of Illinois at Chicago

·      University of Chicago

·      Loyola University

·      Northwestern University

·      DePaul University

·      Columbia College

·      Northeastern Illinois University

·      Illinois Institute of Technology

·      North Park University

·      Roosevelt University

·      Illinois Institute of Technology

·      Chicago State University

·      Moody Bible Institute

·      St. Xavier

·      School of the Art Institute of Chicago

FOIA B

1. Records sufficient to show Your efforts to locate and produce the records requested in FOIA A above. This should include:
   • Where you searched for responsive Records and Documents.
   • Who searched for responsive Records and Documents.
   • Who was requested to produce responsive Records and Documents
   • The identity of any Records and Documents that were located but not produced for any reason.

DEFINITIONS

“Document” and/or “Documents” means any documents or electronically stored information of any kind—including writings, drawings, graphs, charts, photographs, sound recordings, images, and other data or data compilations—stored in any medium from which information can be obtained either directly or, if necessary, after translation by the responding party into a reasonably usable form.

“You” or “Your” means the {Public Body}, and all attorneys, employees, officers, directors, bureaus, offices, divisions or subdivisions of same.

INSTRUCTIONS

If the agency withholds any document or information pertinent to the requests made herein, please identify the document or information in as much detail as is possible, and detail in specific language why each document or piece of information is being withheld.

If any information requested herein is withheld on the basis of a claim of privilege or other protection as material prepared in anticipation of litigation or trial, then that claim shall be made expressly in a writing that describes the nature of the Documents, Communications, or Things not produced or disclosed in a manner that will enable us to assess the applicability of the privilege or protection. With regard to each claim of privilege or protection, the following information should be provided in the response or the objection:

(a) the type of Document, e.g., letter or memorandum;

(b) general subject matter of the Document;

(c) the date of the Document;

(d) such other information as is sufficient to identify the Document for a subpoena duces tecum, including, where appropriate, the author, addressee, and any other recipient of the Document, and, where not apparent, the relationship of the author, addressee, and any other recipient to each other; and

(e) the nature of the privilege or protection;

(f) if applicable, the litigation or trial of which he document was created in anticipation.

If any Document identified herein has been lost, discarded, or destroyed, each such Document should be identified as completely as possible, including as to each such Document, its date, general nature (e.g., letter, memorandum, telegram, telex, photograph, computer printout), subject matter, each author or originator, each person indicated as an addressee or copy recipient, and its former custodian(s). In addition, as to each such Document, the following information shall be supplied:

(a) date of disposal, loss, or destruction;

(b) manner of disposal, loss, or destruction;

(c) reason for disposal or destruction, or any explanation of loss;

(d) persons authorizing the disposal or destruction;

(e) persons having knowledge of the disposal, destruction, or loss; and

(f) persons who destroyed, lost, or disposed or the Document or Thing.

I look forward to hearing from you in writing within five working days, as required by the Act 5 ILCS 140(3).  Please direct all questions or responses to this FOIA request to this email address by responding to this email. I can be reached attsiska@chicagojustice.org