Acme Research and the Independent School District Expenditures Database Project filed a FOIA request with the school department requesting the following: “Public spending information, including both capital and operating expenditures, for payments made by or on behalf of the Framingham Public Schools during fiscal year ending in 2024. Specifically, for any payee, other than an employee or student, who was paid a cumulative
total amount of $10,000 or more, we seek the payee name, address, and the cumulative total dollar amount paid to the subject payee over the relevant time period. The $10,000 threshold was established to minimize reporting for respondents.
The response:
