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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Idaho

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Iowa

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Maine

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Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

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Ohio

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Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

 

ALABAMA

 

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

§12-15-100. (Code of Alabama)

Records; generally.

Summary: Rules regarding the disclosure of juvenile records. See (a)(7) regarding releasing information to school officials.

 

 

§12-15-101. (Code of Alabama)

Records; inspection.

Summary: Security procedures regarding the disclosure of juvenile records

 

 

§13A-6-111. (Code of Alabama)

Child; transmission of obscene material.

Summary: Outlaws transmitting obscene material to children via the computer.

 

 

§22-56-4. (Code of Alabama)

Mental Health Consumers' Rights Act; generally.

Summary: See (6) regarding the right to confidentiality of information in a consumer's mental health, medical, and financial records.

 

 

§26-10A-32. (Code of Alabama)

Issuance of new birth certificate.

Summary: Under comment – confidentiality of adoption records is to be preserved.

 

 

§30-3-197. (Code of Alabama)

State Title IV-D agency; authorized actions.

Summary: Privacy safeguards regarding information filed with the state Title IV-D agency.

 

 

§38-9C-4. (Code of Alabama)

Enumerated rights for persons with developmental disabilities.

Summary: See (11) & (12) for privacy rights for persons with developmental disabilities and traumatic brain injury.

 

 

§41-10-399. (Code of Alabama)

Confidential information; contracts for services regarding Alabama Supercomputer Authority.

Summary: See (a) and (d)(2) for security and confidentiality requirements regarding the use of the Alabama Supercomputer Authority.


 


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

§16-5-7. (Code of Alabama)

Student unit record data system.

Summary: Information regarding the student unit record data system and the electronic faculty unit record system.

 

 

§16-46-3. (Code of Alabama)

Exemptions.

Summary: Rules regarding safeguarding student records for private schools which cease operations.


 

 

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