JR Student Records

JR 

Student Records 

All student records shall be treated as confidential and primarily for local school use unless otherwise stipulated. Access to student records, excluding student data submitted to or maintained in a statewide longitudinal data system in accordance with board policy IDAE, shall be permitted as set forth in board policies JR and JRB.  

When records include information on more than one student, the parents/guardians of any student shall have access to copies of that part of the record that pertains to their child. Each school shall establish procedures  for the granting of a request by parents/guardians for access to their child's student records within a reasonable period of time, but in no case more than 45 days after the request has been made. 

In situations where the parents of a student are divorced or separated, each parent, custodial and/or non custodial, shall have equal rights to their child's student records unless a court order specifies otherwise. Private agreements between the student's parents shall not be recognized by the district's personnel. 

Parents/guardians shall have an opportunity for a hearing to challenge the content of their child's student  records to ensure that the records are not inaccurate, misleading or otherwise in violation of the privacy or other rights of students; to have an opportunity for the correction or deletion of any inaccurate, misleading or otherwise inappropriate data contained therein; and to insert into records the parent's/guardian's written explanation of the content of the records.  

Any eligible parent/guardian or student may inspect the student’s records during regular school office hours.  The district reserves the right to interpret selected records to students and/or parent/guardians at the time of  the inspection.  

When a student attains 18 years of age, the permission or consent required of and the rights accorded to the  parents of the student shall thereafter only be required of and accorded to the student.  

The parents/guardians of students, and the students shall be informed annually through the parent-student  handbook and school newsletters of the rights accorded them by this section and by the Family Educational  Rights and Privacy Act. In addition, the public shall be informed annually by the superintendent of the  categories of information the institution has determined to be directory information. 

Policy Reference: BCBK

Policy References: CN and CYA

Policy Reference: ECA

Policy Reference: IDAE

Policy Reference: JGGA and JR et Seq.

Policy Reference: KBA

Adoption Date: 06/06/2006, Revised: 06/08/2009; 08/11/2014