An Experienced FOIA Management Firm, Built for Michigan Schools
Neutral, fully documented FOIA request management that protects both your district and the people requesting your records.
A neutral, professional record — for every request
Beyond simply reducing staff workload, FOIA Pro exists to create a neutral, fully documented record showing that every request was handled professionally and consistently by an outside party. That record protects your district's staff from accusations of selective disclosure or withholding, and it gives your office a clear, defensible history for any request — including requests about your district's own FOIA activity.
We built FOIA Pro around a simple belief: FOIA compliance shouldn't depend on which staff member happens to have time that week, and it shouldn't put your district's credibility at risk over a process problem. A dedicated FOIA management firm exists precisely to remove that uncertainty.
Michigan's FOIA law doesn't care how busy your office is on any given week — the deadlines apply regardless. What we've seen, over years of working in this field, is that most compliance failures aren't the result of bad intentions. They're the result of a good process simply not existing yet. FOIA Pro's entire reason for being is to be that process, handled by people who treat it as their primary responsibility rather than a task squeezed in between everything else.
Two founders, over 20 years of FOIA experience combined
FOIA Pro was founded by two partners who each bring deep, hands-on experience in the FOIA field.
State & Local FOIA Experience
Years of hands-on experience processing public records requests at the state and local level, including the kind of gray-area exemption calls that only come from having actually done this work — not just studied it.
Federal FOIA Experience
Deep familiarity with federal FOIA's distinct statutory framework and exemption categories, rounding out a combined skill set that spans every level of government FOIA request management.
We carry the burden. Your district keeps the authority.
FOIA Pro takes on the day-to-day processing work — intake, requester communication, fee estimation, records coordination, and redaction. But your FOIA Coordinator or Superintendent always retains final legal authority. Nothing is released, redacted, or withheld without your office's sign-off.
That division is intentional. As a FOIA management firm, our job is to be a specialized extension of your team, not a replacement for your district's judgment or legal responsibility. Every decision that matters stays in your hands.
We handle intake, communication, and redaction
Your office reviews and approves every release
Gray-area calls get flagged to you and legal counsel
Every action is logged for a defensible record
The values behind our FOIA management service
Compliance-First
Meeting the state's legal deadlines isn't a goal — it's the baseline every request is built around.
Neutral & Documented
Every action is logged, giving your district a defensible record no one can dispute.
Fast & Communicative
You always know where a request stands — no black boxes, no waiting and wondering.
Confidential & FERPA-Aware
Protected records are handled with the care sensitive information demands, every time.
Work with an experienced FOIA management firm
Tell us about your district, and we'll walk you through exactly how FOIA Pro's FOIA request management process would work for your office.
Contact UsWhat makes FOIA Pro different
Real people, not a software subscription
Most of what's marketed to schools in this space is a records-request platform — another login for your staff, another dashboard to maintain, another tool that still requires someone in your building to do the actual work of reviewing, redacting, and responding. FOIA Pro is different. We're not a platform you subscribe to and then have to figure out on your own. We're a team of actual people who take on the work itself: reading the request, tracking down what's responsive, applying the right redactions, and keeping the requester informed along the way. Software can flag a keyword. It can't make a judgment call about a gray-area exemption, or know when a request needs a phone call instead of an email.
Built by people who've done this work
Our process isn't theoretical. It reflects the real, hands-on experience our founders have accumulated across state, local, and federal FOIA work over many years. Every part of how we operate exists because it solves a specific, recurring problem we've seen play out in real districts — the kind of problem that's obvious once you've actually processed hundreds of requests, and much less obvious if you haven't. That's the difference between a checklist someone wrote once and a FOIA request management process shaped by genuine experience.
Starting small and specific, on purpose
We're starting with Michigan K-12 school districts on purpose — it's where we can deliver the most value with the deepest expertise, and it's the foundation everything else is built on. As we grow into cities, counties, universities, and eventually federal agencies, we're bringing the same disciplined approach with us rather than reinventing it for each new client type. Whichever stage of our growth you catch us at, you're working with a firm that treats every request with the same seriousness, not a startup cutting corners to grow faster.
A firm you can actually reach
There's no ticketing system, no tiered support plan, and no automated phone tree standing between your district and the people actually doing the work. When you call or email FOIA Pro, you're reaching the team handling your requests directly — because we think that's what a genuine FOIA management service should look like, especially for something as sensitive as public records compliance. That accessibility isn't a perk we're planning to add later as we grow; it's part of the foundation, and it's something we intend to protect even as FOIA Pro expands into new agency types and new states.