POLICY MANUAL - Calhoun County Schools

FERPA Procedures To Inspect Education RecordsParents of students or eligible students may inspect and review the student’seducation records upon request.Parents or eligible students should submit to the student’s school principal awritten request which identifies as precisely as possible the record or records he or shewishes to inspect.The principal (or other appropriate school official) will make the neededarrangements for access as promptly as possible and notify the parent or eligiblestudent of the time and place where the records may be inspected. Access will begiven in 45 days or less from the receipt of the request.When a record contains information about students other than a parent’s child orthe eligible student, the parent or eligible student may not inspect and review the portionof the record which pertains to other students.Refusal To Provide CopiesThe Calhoun County School System will not provide a parent or eligible student acopy of the student’s education record unless failure to do so would effectively preventthe parent or eligible student the right to inspect and review the records.If the record involves answers to a standardized test, the Calhoun County SchoolSystem will not provide a parent a copy of standardized test questions.Fees For Copies Of RecordsThe fee for copies will be .10 cents per page.Types, Locations, And Custodians Of Education RecordsThe following is a list of the types of records that the System maintains, theirlocations, and their custodians:TYPES LOCATION CUSTODIANCumulative School Records School Principal’s Office School PrincipalCumulative School Records School Principal’s Office School Principal(Former Students)Expulsion Records Central Office SuperintendentSpeech Therapy Records Local School & Central Office School PrincipalPsychological RecordsCoordinator ofSpecial EducationSchool Transportation Records School Bus Garage Director of