(1) Public records. "Public record" includes any writing containing information relating to the conduct of governmental or the performance of any governmental or proprietary function prepared, owned, used or retained by Centralia College regardless of physical form or characteristics, except those student records exempted by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, known as FERPA or the "Buckley Amendment" (U.S.C. 1232g and 34 C.F.R. 99) as amended.

(2) Writing. "Writing means handwriting, typewriting, printing, photostating, photographing, and every other means of recording any form of communication or representation, including letters, words, pictures, sounds; or symbols, or combination thereof, and all papers, maps, magnetic or paper tapes, photographic films and prints, magnetic or punched cards, discs, drums and other documents."