The approved budget, statistical compilations, reports, notices, bulletins, memoranda, minutes of meetings and official communications between governmental branches are public records, and, except as provided by law, access thereto during normal hours of business may be granted to any citizen. When access to school records is granted, examination thereof will be made in the presence of the record custodian regularly responsible for maintenance of the files.
Records which are protected by federal and state legislation are not considered public records and access to such records is permitted only under prescribed procedures.