This appendix contains selected state laws that seem to be applicable to the area of privacy of student records and general data transmission security. The lists are provided for the reader to use as a starting place for research. The lists for each state are not exhaustive, and we do not guarantee that the statutes are current.  However, they do give readers an idea of the kinds of statutes that states may have on their books. 


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Wisconsin

Wyoming

GEORGIA

 

General State Laws, Regulations and Policies: URL, citation and summary

http://www.ganet.state.ga.us/cgi-bin/pub/ocode/ocgsearch?number=

49-4A-12&Code_Number_Submit=Begin+Search

§49-4A-12. (Official Code of Georgia Annotated)

Special school district; Department of Juvenile Justice.

Summary: See (a) & (f)(2) regarding declaring the Department of Juvenile Justice a special school district and about handling the school records of any juvenile in the department's programs.

 

 


Education State Laws, Regulations, and Policies: URL, citation and summary

http://www.ganet.state.ga.us/cgi-bin/pub/ocode/

ocgsearch?number=20-2-133&Code_Number_Submit=Begin+Search

§20-2-133. (Official Code of Georgia Annotated)

Free public instruction; transfer and utilization of records.

Summary: See (b)(4) regarding transferring student records and the conditions under which the consent of a parent or guardian is required prior to the release of any such educational records.

 

 

http://www.ganet.state.ga.us/cgi-bin/pub/ocode/ocgsearch?number=

20-2-210&Code_Number_Submit=Begin+Search

§20-2-210. (Official Code of Georgia Annotated)

Annual performance evaluation; school personnel records.

Summary: See (a) regarding the confidentiality of all personnel performance evaluation records.

 

 

http://www.ganet.state.ga.us/cgi-bin/pub/ocode/ocgsearch?number=

20-2-320&Code_Number_Submit=Begin+Search

§20-2-320. (Official Code of Georgia Annotated)

Quality Basic Education Program task force; state-wide comprehensive educational information network.

Summary: See (b) & (c) regarding the maintenance of

maintenance of student records by the State Board of Education, access to the student records by authorized educational agencies (including the Department of Education), and taking security provisions to protect the privacy rights of students.

 

 

http://www.ganet.state.ga.us/cgi-bin/pub/ocode/ocgsearch?number=

20-2-670&Code_Number_Submit=Begin+Search

§20-2-670. (Official Code of Georgia Annotated)

Requirements for transferring students beyond sixth grade.

Summary: See all of statute regarding the handling of academic records of transferring students and the release of those records.

 

 

http://www.ganet.state.ga.us/cgi-bin/pub/ocode/ocgsearch?number=

20-2-697&Code_Number_Submit=Begin+Search

§20-2-697. (Official Code of Georgia Annotated)

Attendance reports and records kept by public schools.

Summary: See (a) regarding the maintenance of daily attendance records kept by public schools.

 

 

http://www.ganet.state.ga.us/cgi-bin/pub/ocode/ocgsearch?number=

20-2-720&Code_Number_Submit=Begin+Search

§20-2-720. (Official Code of Georgia

Annotated)

Inspection of students' records by parents.

Summary: See all of statute regarding the right of parents to inspect the education records of their children unless there is a specific court order preventing them from doing so.



 

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