Confidentiality and Student Records: Ten Ways to Invite Legal Challenges.

Essex, Nathan L.

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Title:	Confidentiality and Student Records: Ten Ways to Invite Legal Challenges
Authors:	Essex, Nathan L.
Descriptors:	Libel and Slander; School Personnel; Court Litigation; Confidentiality; Civil Rights Legislation; Student Rights; Student Records
Source:	Clearing House, v77 n3 p111 Jan-Feb 2004
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Publisher:	Heldref Publications, Helen Dwight Reid Educational Foundation, 1319 Eighteenth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036-1802. Web site: http://www.heldref.org.
Publication Date:	2004-00-00
Pages:	3
Pub Types:	Information Analyses; Journal Articles
Abstract:	Confidentiality of student educational records is a serious issue. Disclosure of sensitive information in a student's personal file without prior written consent can be legally troublesome, especially when information is transmitted to others who have no legitimate educational interest in the student. Damaging information disclosed to a third party may result in defamation of character charges if false information is intentionally communicated in writing (libel) or orally (slander). Such a violation can result not only in liability charges but also in a loss of federal funds for the school district. Although the remedy under the 1974 Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) does not give rise to a private cause of action resulting in the award of damages, it does create an interest that may be pursued under the Civil Rights Act of 1871, Section 1983, for depriving a student of his or her constitutional rights. School personnel must exercise extreme caution in handling student records by assuring parents, guardians, or eligible students that they are afforded full protection regarding disclosure of educational records without their consent. Failure to do so can prove very costly in terms of litigation. This article explains the following: (1) Key Provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy act; and (2) Ten Ways to Invite Legal Challenges.
Abstractor:	ERIC
Reference Count:	3

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Identifiers:	Civil Rights Act of 1871; Family Educational Rights and Privacy
Record Type:	Journal
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ISSN:	ISSN-0009-8655
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Languages:	English
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