[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR5.5]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
PART 5_AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC PURSUANT TO PUB. L. 90-23
--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart A_Definitions
 
Sec. 5.5  Records.

    As used in this part:
    (a) Record includes books, brochures, punch cards, magnetic tapes, 
paper tapes, sound recordings, maps, pamphlets, photographs, slides, 
motion pictures, or other documentary materials, regardless of physical 
form or characteristics, made or received by the Department pursuant to 
Federal law or in connection with the transaction of public business and 
preserved by the Department as evidence of the organization, functions, 
policies, decisions, procedures, operations, programs, or other 
activities.
    (b) Record does not include: Objects or articles such as tangible 
exhibits, models, equipment, or processing materials; or formulae, 
designs, drawings, or other items of valuable property; books, 
magazines, pamphlets, or other reference material in formally organized 
and officially designated libraries of the Department, which are 
available under the rules of the particular library concerned.