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FERPA & Record Keeping
Bob Lichtenstein, Education ConsultantConnecticut State Department of EducationOctober, 2005
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FERPA
Family Educational Rightsand Privacy Act
U.S. Regulations: 34 CFR Part 99
http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/pdf/ferparegs.pdf
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FERPA
Essential Principles Records kept confidential
Parent* can access records
Parent* can request amendment of records
*Parent or eligible student
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FERPA
What is an eligible student?
18 years of ageor
attending postsecondary education institution
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FERPA
What are education records?
Records that are: Directly related to a student
Maintained by educational agency or institution or by a party acting for agency/institution
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FERPA
Not a record if… Kept in sole possession of the maker
Used only as a personal memory aid
Not accessible/revealed to any other person except temporary substitute
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FERPA
Test protocols are education records
Clarified in 1986 letter from FPCO (Family Policy Compliance Office)
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FERPA
Essential Principles
A. Records kept confidential
B. Parent can access records
C. Parent can request amendment of records
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FERPA
A. Records kept confidential
Exceptions: School where student seeks to enroll Authorized federal, state, local authorities Organizations conducting relevant research School officials, including teachers, with
“legitimate educational interests” Health or safety emergency
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FERPA
School Officials with Legitimate Educational Interests
LEA must have criteria for determining: who constitutes a “school official” what constitutes a “legitimate educational
interest”
Policy must be included in annual notification to parents
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FERPA
Health or safety emergency*Agency or institution “may disclose personally identifiable information from an education record to appropriate parties in connection with an emergency if knowledge of the information is necessary to protect the health or safety of the student or other individuals.”
* This refers to emergencies, and should not be liberally interpreted to apply to non-emergent health and safety concerns.
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FERPA
Record of access
LEA must keep a record of access requests
Does not apply to: Parent School officials with legitimate educational
interests Party with written consent from parent Specifically protected legal inquiry (e.g.,
subpoena)
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FERPA
B. Parent can access records
“A parent … must be given the opportunity to inspect and review the student’s education records.”
Note: under CT special education regulations (10-76d-18), parents have the right to a free copy of “any education records relating to their child”
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FERPA and CT Regulations
Recent addition to CT Regs:
“Notwithstanding the fact that a test instrument or portion of a test instrument may meet the criteria of an ‘education record’ under FERPA, any test instrument or portion of a test instrument for which the test manufacturer asserts a proprietary or copyright interest in the instrument shall not be copied. The parent retains the right to review and inspect such information...”
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FERPA
C. Parent can request amendment of records
If believed to be: misleading inaccurate in violation of student’s rights of privacy
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FERPA
Requesting amendment of records
LEA decides whether to amendIf LEA doesn’t amend?
Parent has right to hearingIf parent loses hearing?
Parent may place statement in record commenting on disagreement
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FERPA
Notification requirements
Must include: Right to inspect and review records Right to request amendment of records Criteria used to determine “legitimate
“educational interests” Right to file a complaint
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Storage of Records
What goes where? Determined by LEA policy
Considerations:
Central office vs. school-based
May need multiple types of records (e.g., cum, special education, health, psych/social work) so that inappropriate access is prevented.
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Storage of Records
For discussion: Special education records—active vs.
inactive
Report of Suspected Child Abuse/Neglect
SDE recommendation: keep in health record
(see http://www.state.ct.us/sde/deps/special/abuse.pdf,
p. 23 of 35)
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Storage of Records
How long must records be kept?
Determined by Records Retention/ Disposition Schedules, State of CT
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Records Retention Schedule
Selected examples:
The following have a minimum retention requirement of 6 years after student leaves the school district: Child study team records Most health information Diagnostic test results, non-special ed Pupil services case records Most special education records
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Records Retention Schedule
Other examples:
Discipline reports no requirement
Test protocols at discretion of school
administration
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Records Retention
Discarding protocols “at discretion
of school administration”
Must allow opportunity for parent to request
Should have district policy, and apply policy consistently
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Records Retention
“School districts must procure prior approval from the Office of the Public Records Administrator before destroying any records whether or not they appear on this retention schedule.”