Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has sued Springfield Public Schools (SPS) for allegedly violating the state’s information transparency law, citing the school district’s unwillingness to provide documents his office requested on behalf of parents concerned about critical race theory. In a complaint (pdf) filed Tuesday, Schmitt alleged that critical race theory has been part of teacher training materials in SPS for at least two years, and that the district has violated Missouri’s Sunshine Law to avoid being held accountable by concerned parents. “Springfield Public Schools provides outrageous, unlawful, and unaffordable fee estimates for Sunshine Law requests so that it does not have to produce records to members of the public,” the attorney general argued, adding that in response to his request seeking “records relating to critical race theory,” the district demanded a payment of $35,700 to search for, research, and retrieve those records, including $727.50 to search the Staff Google …