Law / United States / 
North Carolina
Education records of minor students at community colleges
In force since .
A sensitive categories rule binding government bodies.
- Obligation class
- Consent, Disclosure
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- If you are the State Board of Community Colleges, direct each community college to adopt a policy that requires a minor student to complete a form, before registering in any course, acknowledging that the student's education records will be provided to the student's parent unless the parent has opted out, and to the school administrators and school counselors at the school in which the student is dually enrolled, in each case to the extent the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act allows (G.S. 115D-10.80(b)).
- If you are a community college, require a minor student to complete that acknowledgment form before registering in any course (G.S. 115D-10.80(b)).
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What record it asks for
Logging duty
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
The State Board of Community Colleges must direct each community college to adopt a policy that requires a minor student to complete a form, prior to registration in any course at the community college, acknowledging two things.
The first is that, to the extent the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act allows, the education records of the minor student are provided to the student's parent as long as the parent has not opted out of receiving them, and the second is that, to the extent that Act allows, the records are provided to the school administrators and school counselors at the school in which the student is dually enrolled.
A minor student is a student under the age of 18 who is a dependent of his or her parent. Section 2 of Session Law 2025-46 is known as Leon's Law. It took effect when it became law and applies beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year. Session Law 2025-46 was approved on .
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