State will pay ACLU and turn over records in settlement

ACLU attorney Jay Diaz represented reporter in public records suit. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger
In a settlement this week of a lawsuit over the release of public records, the state of Vermont will pay $30,500 in attorneys fees and costs and the Agency of Education will provide to a journalist information it withheld about bullying and hazing in Vermont schools.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont filed the suit against the state Agency of Education on behalf of former Rutla