• Adoption Date: 5/12/2004, Revised: 8/6/2008
    7000 - Students

    STUDENT PROGRESS
    7240 STUDENT RECORDS: ACCESS AND CHALLANGE

    Student Records

    The Bath Central School District shall comply with the provisions of the "Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974." Under its provisions, "parents/guardians and noncustodial parent(s), whose rights are not limited by court order or formal agreement, of a student under eighteen (18), or a student who is eighteen (18) years of age or older or who is attending an institution of post-secondary education, have a right to inspect and review any and all official records, files, and data, including all material that is incorporated into each student's cumulative record folder and intended for school use or to be available to parties outside the school or School System and specifically including, but not necessarily limited to, identifying data; academic work completed; level of achievement (grades, standardized achievement test scores); attendance data; scores on standardized intelligence, aptitude, and psychological tests; interest inventory results; health data; family background information; teacher or counselor ratings and observations; and verified reports of serious or recurrent behavior patterns."

    Access to Student Records

    The Board directs that administrative regulations and procedures be formulated to comply with the provisions of federal law relating to the availability of student records. The purpose of such regulations and procedures shall be to make available to the parents/guardians of students and noncustodial parent(s) whose rights are not limited by court order or formal agreement, or students who are eighteen (18) years of age or older or who are attending an institution of post-secondary education, student records, and files on students, and to insure the confidentiality of such records with respect to third parties.

    Challenge to Student Records

    Parents/guardians of a student under the age of eighteen (18), or a student who is eighteen (18) years of age or older or who is attending an institution of post-secondary education, shall have an opportunity for a hearing to challenge the content of the school records, to insure that the records are not inaccurate, misleading, or otherwise in violation of the privacy or other rights of students, and to provide an opportunity for the correction or deletion of any such inaccurate, misleading, or otherwise inappropriate data contained therein.

     

     

     

    Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974

    20 United States Code (USC) Section 1232(g)

    34 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)

    Section 300.571

    Adopted: 5/12/04

    Reviewed by

    Policy Committee: 8/6/08

    Policy References:
    Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974
    20 United States Code (USC) Section 1232(g)
    34 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
    Section 300.571