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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois School Student Records Act is | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 6 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 10/6) (from Ch. 122, par. 50-6)
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7 | Sec. 6. (a) No school student records or information
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8 | contained therein may be released, transferred, disclosed or | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | otherwise
disseminated, except as follows:
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10 | (1) To a parent or student or person specifically
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11 | designated as a representative by a parent, as provided in | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | paragraph (a)
of Section 5 of this Act ;
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13 | (2) To an employee or official of the school or
school | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | district or State Board with current demonstrable | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | educational
or administrative interest in the student, in | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | furtherance of such interest;
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17 | (3) To the official records custodian of another school | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | within
Illinois or an official with similar | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | responsibilities of a school
outside Illinois, in which the | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | student has enrolled, or intends to enroll,
upon the | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | request of such official or student;
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22 | (4) To any person for the purpose of research,
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23 | statistical reporting or planning, provided that no | |||||||||||||||||||
24 | student or parent can be
identified from the information | |||||||||||||||||||
25 | released and the person to whom the
information is released | |||||||||||||||||||
26 | signs an affidavit agreeing to comply with all
applicable | |||||||||||||||||||
27 | statutes and rules pertaining to school student records;
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28 | (5) Pursuant to a court order, provided that the
parent | |||||||||||||||||||
29 | shall be given prompt written notice upon receipt
of such | |||||||||||||||||||
30 | order of the terms of the order, the nature and
substance | |||||||||||||||||||
31 | of the information proposed to be released
in compliance | |||||||||||||||||||
32 | with such order and an opportunity to
inspect and copy the |
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1 | school student records and to
challenge their contents | ||||||
2 | pursuant to Section 7;
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3 | (6) To any person as specifically required by State
or | ||||||
4 | federal law;
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5 | (6.5) To juvenile authorities
when necessary for the | ||||||
6 | discharge of their official duties
who request information | ||||||
7 | prior to
adjudication of the student and who certify in | ||||||
8 | writing that the information
will not be disclosed to any | ||||||
9 | other party except as provided under law or order
of court. | ||||||
10 | For purposes of this Section "juvenile authorities" means:
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11 | (i) a judge of
the circuit court and members of the staff | ||||||
12 | of the court designated by the
judge; (ii) parties to the | ||||||
13 | proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 and
their | ||||||
14 | attorneys; (iii) probation
officers and court appointed | ||||||
15 | advocates for the juvenile authorized by the judge
hearing | ||||||
16 | the case; (iv) any individual, public or private agency | ||||||
17 | having custody
of the child pursuant to court order; (v) | ||||||
18 | any individual, public or private
agency providing | ||||||
19 | education, medical or mental health service to the child | ||||||
20 | when
the requested information is needed to determine the | ||||||
21 | appropriate service or
treatment for the minor; (vi) any | ||||||
22 | potential placement provider when such
release
is | ||||||
23 | authorized by the court for the limited purpose of | ||||||
24 | determining the
appropriateness of the potential | ||||||
25 | placement; (vii) law enforcement officers and
prosecutors;
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26 | (viii) adult and juvenile prisoner review boards; (ix) | ||||||
27 | authorized military
personnel; (x)
individuals authorized | ||||||
28 | by court;
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29 | (7) Subject to regulations of the State Board,
in | ||||||
30 | connection with an emergency, to appropriate persons
if the | ||||||
31 | knowledge of such information is necessary to protect
the | ||||||
32 | health or safety of the student or other
persons;
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33 | (8) To any person, with the prior specific dated
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34 | written consent of the parent designating the person
to | ||||||
35 | whom the records may be released, provided that at
the time | ||||||
36 | any such consent is requested or obtained,
the parent shall |
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1 | be advised in writing that he has the right
to inspect and | ||||||
2 | copy such records in accordance with Section 5, to
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3 | challenge their contents in accordance with Section 7 and | ||||||
4 | to limit any such
consent to
designated records or | ||||||
5 | designated portions of the information contained
therein;
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6 | (9) To a governmental agency, or social service agency | ||||||
7 | contracted by a
governmental agency, in furtherance of an | ||||||
8 | investigation of a student's school
attendance pursuant to | ||||||
9 | the compulsory student attendance laws of this State,
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10 | provided that the records are released to the employee or | ||||||
11 | agent designated by
the agency;
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12 | (10) To those SHOCAP committee members who fall within | ||||||
13 | the meaning of
"state and local officials and authorities", | ||||||
14 | as those terms are used within the
meaning of the federal | ||||||
15 | Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, for
the
purposes | ||||||
16 | of identifying serious habitual juvenile offenders and | ||||||
17 | matching those
offenders with community resources pursuant | ||||||
18 | to Section 5-145 of the Juvenile
Court Act of 1987, but | ||||||
19 | only to the extent that the release, transfer,
disclosure, | ||||||
20 | or dissemination is consistent with the Family Educational | ||||||
21 | Rights
and Privacy Act; or
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22 | (11) To the Department of Public Aid in furtherance of | ||||||
23 | the
requirements of Section 2-3.131, 3-14.29, 10-28, or | ||||||
24 | 34-18.26 of
the School Code or Section 10 of the School | ||||||
25 | Breakfast and Lunch
Program Act.
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26 | (b) No information may be released pursuant to | ||||||
27 | subparagraphs (3) or
(6) of paragraph (a) of this Section 6 | ||||||
28 | unless the parent receives
prior written notice of the nature | ||||||
29 | and substance of the information
proposed to be released, and | ||||||
30 | an opportunity to inspect
and copy such records in accordance | ||||||
31 | with Section 5 and to
challenge their contents in accordance | ||||||
32 | with Section 7. Provided, however,
that such notice shall be | ||||||
33 | sufficient if published in a local newspaper of
general | ||||||
34 | circulation or other publication directed generally to the | ||||||
35 | parents
involved where the proposed release of information is | ||||||
36 | pursuant to
subparagraph 6 of paragraph (a) in this Section 6 |
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1 | and relates to more
than 25 students.
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2 | (c) A record of any release of information pursuant
to this | ||||||
3 | Section must be made and kept as a part of the
school student | ||||||
4 | record and subject to the access granted by Section 5.
Such | ||||||
5 | record of release shall be maintained for the life of the
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6 | school student records and shall be available only to the | ||||||
7 | parent
and the official records custodian.
Each record of | ||||||
8 | release shall also include:
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9 | (1) The nature and substance of the information | ||||||
10 | released;
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11 | (2) The name and signature of the official records
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12 | custodian releasing such information;
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13 | (3) The name of the person requesting such information,
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14 | the capacity in which such a request has been made, and the | ||||||
15 | purpose of such
request;
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16 | (4) The date of the release; and
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17 | (5) A copy of any consent to such release.
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18 | (d) Except for the student and his parents, no person
to | ||||||
19 | whom information is released pursuant to this Section
and no | ||||||
20 | person specifically designated as a representative by a parent
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21 | may permit any other person to have access to such information | ||||||
22 | without a prior
consent of the parent obtained in accordance | ||||||
23 | with the requirements
of subparagraph (8) of paragraph (a) of | ||||||
24 | this Section.
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25 | (e) Nothing contained in this Act shall prohibit the
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26 | publication of student directories which list student names, | ||||||
27 | addresses
and other identifying information and similar | ||||||
28 | publications which
comply with regulations issued by the State | ||||||
29 | Board.
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30 | (Source: P.A. 93-404, eff. 8-1-03.)
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