[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR99.30]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
PART 99_FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS AND PRIVACY--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart D_May an Educational Agency or Institution Disclose Personally 
            Identifiable Information From Education Records?
 
Sec. 99.30  Under what conditions is prior consent required to disclose 
information?


    (a) The parent or eligible student shall provide a signed and dated 
written consent before an educational agency or institution discloses 
personally identifiable information from the student's education 
records, except as provided in Sec. 99.31.
    (b) The written consent must:
    (1) Specify the records that may be disclosed;
    (2) State the purpose of the disclosure; and
    (3) Identify the party or class of parties to whom the disclosure 
may be made.
    (c) When a disclosure is made under paragraph (a) of this section:
    (1) If a parent or eligible student so requests, the educational 
agency or institution shall provide him or her with a copy of the 
records disclosed; and
    (2) If the parent of a student who is not an eligible student so 
requests, the agency or institution shall provide the student with a 
copy of the records disclosed.
    (d) ``Signed and dated written consent'' under this part may include 
a record and signature in electronic form that--
    (1) Identifies and authenticates a particular person as the source 
of the electronic consent; and
    (2) Indicates such person's approval of the information contained in 
the electronic consent.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1232g (b)(1) and (b)(2)(A))

[53 FR 11943, Apr. 11, 1988, as amended at 58 FR 3189, Jan. 7, 1993; 69 
FR 21671, Apr. 21, 2004]

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