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§51-24A.16.


§51-24A.16.
   
   A. Except as set forth in subsection B of this section, public
   educational institutions and their employees may keep confidential:
   
   1. Individual student records;
   
   2. Teacher lesson plans, tests and other teaching material; and
   
   3. Personal communications concerning individual students.
   
   B. If kept, statistical information not identified with a particular
   student and directory information shall be open for inspection and
   copying. "Directory information" includes a student's name, address,
   telephone listing, date and place of birth, major field of study,
   participation in officially recognized activities and sports, weight
   and height of members of athletic teams, dates of attendance, degrees
   and awards received, and the most recent previous educational
   institution attended by the student. Any educational agency or
   institution making public directory information shall give public
   notice of the categories of information which it has designated as
   such information with respect to each student attending the
   institution or agency and shall allow a reasonable period of time
   after such notice has been given for a parent to inform the
   institution or agency that any or all of the information designated
   should not be released without the parent's or guardian's prior
   consent or the student's himself if he is eighteen (18) years of age
   or older.
   

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