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State Supreme Court To Review Child Abuse Statistics Case Won on Appeal by Colorado Sun and 9NEWS

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  • Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition

    The Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition is a nonpartisan alliance of groups, news organizations and individuals dedicated to ensuring the transparency of state and local governments in Colorado by promoting freedom of the press, open courts and open access to government records and meetings.

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The Colorado Supreme Court will review an appellate court opinion that the Colorado Children’s Code doesn’t necessarily prohibit the state Department of Human Services from publicly releasing aggregate statistics about child-abuse hotline calls made from licensed residential care facilities.

In granting the state Attorney General’s certiorari petition Monday, the justices indicated they will look at whether language in the Children’s Code is ambiguous, as the Court of Appeals determined last November in siding with The Colorado Sun and 9NEWS.

But even if the language is ambiguous, the Supreme Court said it will decide whether the legislative history of the Children’s Code supports the appellate judges’ interpretation of the statute.