[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR99.7]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
PART 99--FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS AND PRIVACY--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec.  99.7  What must an educational agency or institution include in its annual notification?

    (a)(1) Each educational agency or institution shall annually notify 
parents of students currently in attendance, or eligible students 
currently in attendance, of their rights under the Act and this part.
    (2) The notice must inform parents or eligible students that they 
have the right to--
    (i) Inspect and review the student's education records;
    (ii) Seek amendment of the student's education records that the 
parent or eligible student believes to be inaccurate, misleading, or 
otherwise in violation of the student's privacy rights;
    (iii) Consent to disclosures of personally identifiable information 
contained in the student's education records, except to the extent that 
the Act and Sec.  99.31 authorize disclosure without consent; and

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    (iv) File with the Department a complaint under Sec. Sec.  99.63 and 
99.64 concerning alleged failures by the educational agency or 
institution to comply with the requirements of the Act and this part.
    (3) The notice must include all of the following:
    (i) The procedure for exercising the right to inspect and review 
education records.
    (ii) The procedure for requesting amendment of records under Sec.  
99.20.
    (iii) If the educational agency or institution has a policy of 
disclosing education records under Sec.  99.31(a)(1), a specification of 
criteria for determining who constitutes a school official and what 
constitutes a legitimate educational interest.
    (b) An educational agency or institution may provide this notice by 
any means that are reasonably likely to inform the parents or eligible 
students of their rights.
    (1) An educational agency or institution shall effectively notify 
parents or eligible students who are disabled.
    (2) An agency or institution of elementary or secondary education 
shall effectively notify parents who have a primary or home language 
other than English.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
1880-0508)

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1232g (e) and (f))

[61 FR 59295, Nov. 21, 1996]