Right To Know
Governor Edward G. Rendell signed the new Right-To-Know law on February 14, 2008 fundamentally changing the way people access public records of their government. The hallmark of this new law, which fully takes effect January 1, 2009, is its presumption of openness.
Amending the act of June 21, 1957 (P.L. 390, No. 212), entitled an act requiring certain records of the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions and of certain authorities and other agencies performing essential governmental functions, to be open for examination and inspection by citizens of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; authorizing such citizens under certain conditions to make extracts, copies, photographs or photostats of such records; and providing for appeals to the courts of common pleas, further providing for definitions, for examination and inspection and for extracts, copies or photostats; providing for denial of access to public records, for redaction, for response to requests for access and for final agency determinations; further providing for appeal from denial of right; and providing for court costs and attorney fees, for penalty and for immunity.
Lehigh Carbon Community College
Tracy Bean
Right To Know Officer
right2know@lccc.edu
Phone: 610-799-1121
Fax: 610-799-2881
4525 Education Park Drive
Schnecksville, PA 18078
Appeal Address:
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Office of Open Records
555 Walnut Street, Suite 605
Harrisburg, PA 17101
Phone: 717-346-9903
Fax: 717-425-5343
Email: openrecords@pa.gov
Starting April 20, 2026, the OOR will no longer accept the filing of any appeals via email. Any appeals filed electronically with the OOR must be submitted through the OOR’s online appeal portal form. Appeals and any other documents emailed to the OOR, except for in camera records, will not be docketed or added to an existing appeal. Except for the submission of records for in camera review, all electronic filings and communications related to appeals must be made exclusively through the E-File Appeal Portal. Please note that hardcopy paper filings may still be filed via U.S. mail. Refer to the OOR’s Procedural Guidelines for additional information and guidance.
