Law / United States / 
Kentucky
Parent and eligible student rights to inspect and challenge public school education records
In force since .
A data subject rights rule binding government bodies.
- Obligation class
- Data subject rights, Governance
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- If you are a public school or school district, honor a request by a parent or eligible student to inspect and review the student's education records within a reasonable time, and establish procedures for doing so; you may charge fees for copying materials and documents (KRS 160.715(1) and (2)).
- Let parents or eligible students challenge the content of a student record as inaccurate, misleading or otherwise in violation of privacy or other rights of the student, and give them the opportunity for rebuttal and for correction, deletion or expunction of inaccurate, misleading or inappropriate information (KRS 160.730(1)).
- Reduce any agreement reached informally on a challenge to writing, signed by all parties, and place it in the student's records (KRS 160.730(2)).
- If a challenge is not settled by agreement, hold a formal hearing on request, conducted within a reasonable time by an official with no direct interest in the outcome who renders a decision within a reasonable time, and take the necessary action to implement the decision (KRS 160.730(2)).
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What record it asks for
Logging duty
Educational institutions have to set procedures for honoring requests to inspect education records and to hold a hearing on a challenge, and a written agreement reached on a challenge is placed in the student's records. The sections name no record of requests, no period for keeping any record and no territorial hook.
- Kind
- Explicit
- As of
- Provision
- KRS 160.730(2) (a written agreement reached on a challenge is signed by all parties and placed in the student's records)
What this law does
Parents of students, and eligible students, have the right to inspect and review student education records within a reasonable time of making a request. Educational institutions must establish procedures for honoring requests for inspection within a reasonable time, and may charge fees for copying materials and documents.
Parents or eligible students may challenge the content of a student record to ensure that the record or report is not inaccurate, misleading, or otherwise in violation of privacy or other rights of the student. The right to challenge includes the opportunity for rebuttal and for the correction, deletion, or expunction of any inaccurate, misleading, or inappropriate information.
Any agreement reached informally on a challenge must be reduced in writing, signed by all parties, and placed in the student's records. If no agreement can be reached informally, either party may request a formal hearing, which an official with no direct interest in the outcome conducts and decides within a reasonable time. Section 160.715 was created by chapter 98 of the 1994 Kentucky Acts, effective .
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