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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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