Policy – Category 2000 (Administration) BP 2001 – Confidentiality and Student Records
of student records, the IDEA contains the specific recitation regarding the Charter LEA’s duty to safeguard student records. Many requests for student records require the consent and/or notification of the parent, but some do not. Requests for student records by LEAs or SELPAs within the State of California do not require a parent’s signature and must be processed within five days. Requests for student records by County Probation Department or a Juvenile Division via a court order may be processed after attempting to advise the parents and eligible student of the Charter LEA’s compliance with the court order. Any other requests for records must be accompanied by a release of information that has been signed and dated by the parent. Access to Student Records California Education Code § 56504. The parent shall have the right and opportunity to examine all school records of his or her child and to receive copies pursuant to this section and to Section 49065 within five business days after the request is made by the parent, either orally or in writing. The public agency shall comply with a request for school records without unnecessary delay before any meeting regarding an individualized education program or any hearing pursuant to Section 300.121, 300.301, 300.304, or 300.507 of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations or resolution session pursuant to Section 300.510 of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations and in no case more than five business days after the request is made orally or in writing. The parent shall have the right to a response from the public agency to reasonable requests for explanations and interpretations of the records. If a school record includes information on more than one pupil, the parents of those pupils have the right to inspect and review only the information relating to their child or to be informed of that specific information. A public agency shall provide a parent, on request of the parent, a list of the types and locations of school records collected, maintained, or used by the agency. A public agency may charge no more than the actual cost of reproducing the records, but if this cost effectively prevents the parent from exercising the right to receive the copy or copies, the copy or copies shall be reproduced at no cost. California Education Code § 49060. It is the intent of the Legislature to resolve potential conflicts between California law and the provisions of Public Law 93-380 regarding parental access to, and the confidentiality of, pupil records in order to insure the continuance of federal education funds to public educational institutions within the state, and to revise generally and update the law relating to such records.
BP 2001 – Confidentiality and Student Records
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Desert Mountain Charter Special Education Local Plan Area (DMCS) (rev. 11/16)
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