If you are requesting access to Rains ISD records pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act, please direct your request to Rains ISD's Public Information Officer at the following email address: rains@rainsisd.org

Alternatively, you may mail your request to the following address:

Rains ISD Administration
Attn: Superintendent's Office
PO Box 247
Emory, Texas 75440

Complying with the Texas Public Information Act (TPIA) requires adherence to timelines that reference "Business Days", but no formal meaning had ever been established. The law now formally defines the meaning by clarifying business days DO NOT include the following:

• WEEKENDS- Saturdays or Sundays

• NATIONAL HOLIDAYS (see Texas Government Code §662.003 (a)) [i.e., New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Day, & Christmas Day]

• STATE HOLIDAYS (see Texas Government Code §662.003 (b)) [i.e., Texas Independence Day, San Jacinto Day, Texas Emancipation Day, Lyndon Baines Johnson Day, the Friday after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and December 26th]

• OPTIONAL HOLIDAYS if observed by the District (i.e., Good Friday)

• FRIDAY OR MONDAY BEFORE OR AFTER A NATIONAL HOLIDAY OR STATE HOLIDAY if the holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday and the District observes the holiday. (i.e., for instance, the Monday after Easter Sunday)

• UP TO TEN (10) ADDITIONAL DESIGNATED NON-BUSINESS DAYS PER CALENDAR YEAR on which administrative offices are closed or operating with minimum staffing. Designation of non-

  business days for a school district must be made by the Board of Trustees.

The dates below have been designated as non-business days by resolution of the Rains ISD Board of Trustees:

2023 Resolution- Designation of Non-Business Days

2025 Resolution- Designation of Non-Business Days

NOTE: Requests for student records by that student's parent or guardian may be handled directly by the principal at the school campus. Please refer to Board Policy GBA and GBAA below for additional information on record requests.

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GBAA

On the occasion that a records request must be handled by the Rains ISD Police Department, any request submitted to the Superintendent's Office will be logged and passed to the appropriate department for processing. Requesting information or reports from the Rains ISD Police Department requires the following information:

• Service Number

• Name of Complainant/Driver

• Date of Incident/Offence

• Address of Incident/Offence/Accident

• Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope

The cost for an Accident Report is $6 through TxDot, and the cost for an Incident/Offence Report is $0.10 per page. Once your request has been submitted to the Superintendent's Office, you will be notified of the cost of your report from the Rains ISD Chief of Police.

All requests for public information and records must be made in writing. Requests will not be taken by phone.