CenLamar | Est. 2006

Download the full petition here. MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF RULE TO SHOW CAUSE, PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS, INJUNCTION AND FOR DECLARATORY RELIEF AND DAMAGES I. ZACHARY S. (“Zack”) KOPPLIN (hereinafter “Petitioner”) is the plaintiff and movant who sustained denials of public information to which he was entitled provision based on rights granted and authorized by the state constitution and other Louisiana statutory law. The parties to this ordinary proceeding are a Louisiana citizen and the State of Louisiana, through its executive Department of Education, the highest unit of executive organization for education policy in the state, other than the…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 10, 2013 Re: Zachary S. (“Zack”) Kopplin, Citizen versus John White, in his Official Capacity as Superintendent of the Department of Education, a Department of the Executive Branch of the State of Louisiana Baton Rouge, Louisiana—On Monday, September 9, 2013, education activist Zack Kopplin filed suit against Louisiana Superintendent John White and the Department of Education in order to compel White to release a series of public records concerning the school voucher program, teacher evaluation methodology, the Louisiana Science Education Act, the influence of lobbyists on policymaking, and policies related to the retention and destruction of…