CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                        SENATE BILL 5603

 

 

                   Chapter 119, Laws of 1997

 

 

                        55th Legislature

                      1997 Regular Session

 

 

ACCESS TO STUDENT RECORDS

 

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/27/97

Passed by the Senate March 12, 1997

  YEAS 49   NAYS 0

 

 

 

               BRAD OWEN

 

President of the Senate

 

Passed by the House April 10, 1997

  YEAS 96   NAYS 0

             CERTIFICATE

 

I, Mike O=Connell, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is  SENATE BILL 5603 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

             CLYDE BALLARD

 

Speaker of the

      House of Representatives

           MIKE O'CONNELL

 

                            Secretary

 

 

Approved April 21, 1997 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.    

                                FILED          

 

 

           April 21, 1997 - 4:39 p.m.

 

 

 

              GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

                   Secretary of State

                  State of Washington


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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 Senators Stevens, Zarelli, Johnson, Roach, Oke and Hochstatter

 

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.


    Passed the Senate March 12, 1997.

    Passed the House April 10, 1997.

Approved by the Governor April 21, 1997.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 21, 1997.