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Oregon
Oregon school disclosure of student education records in a health or safety emergency and to juvenile justice
ORS 336.187 (as amended by 2026 Or. Laws ch. 25)
In force since .
A sensitive categories rule binding government bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
- Obligation class
- Disclosure
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- Public school or school district: disclose personally identifiable information, or other information the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act allows, from a student's education record to law enforcement, child protective services and health care professionals in connection with a health or safety emergency, if knowledge of the information is necessary to protect the health and safety of the student or other individuals (ORS 336.187(2)(a)).
- Public school or school district: disclose that information to courts and to state and local juvenile justice agencies, where the disclosure relates to the court's or agency's ability to serve the needs of a student before the student's adjudication under ORS chapter 419C (ORS 336.187(2)(b)).
- A person to whom information is disclosed to a court or juvenile justice agency under ORS 336.187(2)(b) must certify in writing that the person will not disclose it to a third party other than another court or juvenile justice agency or a person or organization providing direct services to the student on behalf of a juvenile justice agency (ORS 336.187(2)(b)).
- Treat a federal immigration authority as outside the term law enforcement for purposes of the emergency disclosure (ORS 336.187(1)(b)).
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What record it asks for
Logging duty
The section requires a public school or school district to disclose education record information in a health or safety emergency and to courts and juvenile justice agencies, and requires a recipient from a court or juvenile justice agency to certify in writing that it will not pass the information on. The certification is a promise by the recipient. The section names no log kept by the school, no audit and no reader of a record.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
Chapter 25, Oregon Laws 2026 (Senate Bill 1538), amended ORS 336.187 with effect from .
ORS 336.187 requires a public school or school district to disclose personally identifiable information or other information the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act allows from a student's education record to law enforcement, child protective services and health care professionals in connection with a health or safety emergency, if knowledge of the information is necessary to protect the health and safety of the student or other individuals.
The section also requires disclosure to courts and to state and local juvenile justice agencies, and a court or juvenile justice agency that receives it must certify in writing that it will not pass the information to a third party other than another court or juvenile justice agency or a person or organization providing direct services to the student on behalf of a juvenile justice agency. As amended, ORS 336.187 provides that law enforcement does not include a federal immigration authority.
A person who receives information under ORS 336.187 is not liable civilly or criminally for failing to disclose the information.
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