Law / United States / 
Kansas
Student records: boards must adopt right-of-privacy policies (section 72-6311 as amended in 2014)
In force since .
A sensitive categories rule binding government bodies.
- Obligation class
- Governance, Consent
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- If you are a board covered by section 72-6311, adopt a policy in accordance with the Student Data Privacy Act and applicable federal laws and regulations to protect the right of privacy of any student or pupil, and the pupil's family, regarding personally identifiable records, files and data directly related to the student or pupil (section 72-6311(b)).
- Adopt and implement procedures that let a student or the parent of a pupil inspect and review records or files directly related to the student or pupil (section 72-6311(b)(1)).
- Restrict the accessibility and availability of personally identifiable records or files of a student or pupil, and prevent disclosure unless made upon written consent of the student or the pupil's parent (section 72-6311(b)(2)).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.
What record it asks for
Logging duty
The section requires a privacy policy and procedures for inspection and for restricting access. It names no log of access, no audit and no reader of a record, and it states no territorial clause.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
Section 72-6311(b) requires every board, including the board of education of any school district, to adopt a policy in accordance with the student data privacy act and applicable federal laws and regulations to protect the right of privacy of any student or pupil and the pupil's family regarding personally identifiable records, files and data directly related to the student or pupil.
The board's procedures must let a student or the parent of a pupil inspect and review records or files directly related to the student or pupil, and must restrict access to personally identifiable records and prevent their disclosure unless made upon written consent of the student or the pupil's parent.
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