[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 25, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 25CFR43.14]

[Page 207]
 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
     CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 43--MAINTENANCE AND CONTROL OF STUDENT RECORDS IN BUREAU SCHOOLS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 43.14  Consent.

    Educational institutions shall not permit access to or the release 
of student records or personally identifiable information contained in 
them, other than directory information of students, without the written 
consent of the parents or of an eligible student, to any party other 
than the following:
    (a) Local school officials, including teachers within the 
educational institution, who have been determined by the institution to 
have legitimate educational interests in the records.
    (b) Officials of other schools or school systems at which a student 
is interested in enrolling. The student or parent must be notified of 
such release except in cases involving Bureau of Indian Affairs schools. 
All Bureau of Indian Affairs schools are considered to be components of 
one school system whether operated under contract or otherwise.
    (c) Persons having official involvement with a student's application 
for or grant of financial aid.
    (d) Parents of a dependent student as defined in section 152 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended.
    (e) Accreditation agencies in order to carry out their accrediting 
functions.
    (f) U.S. Office of Education officials and other governmental 
education officials when deemed necessary by the institution to carry 
out their official functions.
    (g) An education testing center or similar institution as a part of 
its validation research which has been authorized by the school.
    (h) In an emergency, any person to whom the information is necessary 
in the discretion of the school's administration in order to protect the 
student's health and safety, subject to Sec. 43.17.
    (i) Indian groups, contractors, grantees, professional social 
service organizations and personnel performing professional services, 
when necessary to carry out an official function authorized by the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs.
    (j) Pursuant to the order of a court of competent jurisdiction; 
however, the parent or eligible student must be notified of such order 
in advance of compliance therewith by the educational institution.