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SENATE
BILL 5603
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Passed
Legislature - 1997 Regular Session
State of Washington 55th
Legislature 1997 Regular Session
By
Read first time 02/03/97.
Referred to Committee on Education.
Allowing
parents access to student records and prohibiting their release without parental
consent.
AN
ACT Relating to student records; and adding a new section to chapter 28A.600
RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 1. A
new section is added to chapter 28A.600 RCW to read as follows:
The
parent or guardian of a student who is or has been in attendance at a school
has the right to review all education records of the student. A school may not
release the education records of a student without the written consent of the
student's parent or guardian, except as authorized by RCW 28A.600.475 and the
family educational and privacy rights act of 1974, 20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g.
The
board of directors of each school district shall establish a procedure for:
(1)
Granting the request by a parent or guardian for access to the education
records of his or her child; and
(2)
Prohibiting the release of student information without the written consent of
the student's parent or guardian, after the parent or guardian has been
informed what information is being requested, who is requesting the information
and why, and what will be done with the information.
The procedure adopted by the school district must be in compliance
with the family educational and privacy rights act of 1974, 20 U.S.C. Sec.
1232g.
