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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Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

PENNSYLVANIA

 

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

23 Pa.C.S. § 6353.3 (Pennsylvania Statutes)

Reports of abuse or injury of a student by a school employee; Statewide central register.

Summary: See all of statute which specifies what information regarding a report of abuse or injury of a student by a school employee may be included in the Statewide central register.


23 Pa.C.S. § 6338 (Pennsylvania Statutes)

Information relating to students in public and private schools; reports of child abuse.

Summary: See all of statute regarding the handling of information relating to students in public and private schools and reports on child abuse and suspected child abuse.



 

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

24 P. S. § 5004 (Pennsylvania Statutes)

Student records; unfair educational practices.

Summary: See (a)(5) which states that it is an unfair educational practice to fail to preserve a student's school records for three years or to refuse to make the data available to authorized groups.


24 P. S. § 13-1304-A (Pennsylvania Statutes)

Student records; sworn statement.

Summary: See (a) which states that to be admitted to a school, a sworn statement must be made regarding any past disciplinary problems and this information must be maintained in the student's disciplinary record.


24 P. S. § 13-1305-A (Pennsylvania Statutes)

Student records; transfer.

Summary: See all of statute which states that whenever a pupil transfers to another school that a "certified copy of the student's disciplinary record shall be transmitted to the school entity."


24 P. S. § 13-1306-A (Pennsylvania Statutes)

Student records; availability.

Summary: See all of statute which states that a student's disciplinary record and other records must be available to parents, guardians, school officials, and law enforcement officers and that no permission of these people is required to transfer student records to another school entity.

24 P. S. § 13-1307-A (Pennsylvania Statutes)

Student records; maintenance.

Summary: See all of statute which states that all school entities and private schools must maintain updated records of incidents of violence, incidents involving possession of a weapon, and convictions of delinquency for acts committed on school property by students.



 

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