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CHAPTER 6.5. Pupil Records [49060. - 49085.]

Chapter 6.5 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.

§§ 49060–49085 · 42 sections

  1. ARTICLE 1. Legislative Intent § 49060 · 1 section
    • § 49060 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to resolve potential conflicts between California law and the provisions of Public Law 93-380 regarding parental access…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Definitions § 49061 · 1 section
    • § 49061 As used in this chapter: (a) “Parent” means a natural parent, an adopted parent, or legal guardian. If the parents are divorced or legally separated, only a…
  3. ARTICLE 3. General Provisions §§ 49062–49069.7 · 14 sections
    • § 49062 School districts shall establish, maintain, and destroy pupil records according to regulations adopted by the State Board of Education. Pupil records shall…
    • § 49062.5 (a) If a school district, charter school, or county office of education receives government-issued documentation, as described in subdivision (b),…
    • § 49063 School districts shall notify parents in writing of their rights under this chapter upon the date of the pupil’s initial enrollment, and thereafter at the same…
    • § 49064 A log or record shall be maintained for each pupil’s record which lists all persons, agencies, or organizations requesting or receiving information from the…
    • § 49065 Any school district may make a reasonable charge in an amount not to exceed the actual cost of furnishing copies of any pupil record; provided, however, that…
    • § 49066 (a) When grades are given for any course of instruction taught in a school district, the grade given to each pupil shall be the grade determined by the teacher…
    • § 49066.5 (a) (1) This section applies only to pupils enrolled in high school in the 2020–21 academic year. (2) For purposes of this section, “local educational agency”…
    • § 49067 (a) The governing board of each school district shall prescribe regulations requiring the evaluation of each pupil’s achievement for each marking period and…
    • § 49068 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the academic record of a transferring pupil is essential to the pupil’s placement, academic success, and timely…
    • § 49068.5 Upon the initial enrollment of a pupil in a public or private elementary school, or whenever an elementary school pupil transfers from one school district to…
    • § 49068.6 (a) Any law enforcement agency responsible for the investigation of a missing child shall inform the school district, other local educational agency, or…
    • § 49069.3 (a) A foster family agency with jurisdiction over a currently enrolled or former pupil, a short-term residential treatment program staff responsible for the…
    • § 49069.5 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The mobility of pupils in foster care often disrupts their educational experience. (2)…
    • § 49069.7 (a) Parents of currently enrolled or former pupils have an absolute right to access to any and all pupil records related to their children that are maintained…
  4. ARTICLE 4. Rights of Parents §§ 49070–49072 · 3 sections
    • § 49070 Following an inspection and review of a pupil’s records, the parent or guardian of a pupil or former pupil of a school district may challenge the content of…
    • § 49071 (a) To assist in making determinations pursuant to Section 49070, a district superintendent or governing board may convene a hearing panel composed of the…
    • § 49072 Whenever there is included in any pupil record information concerning any disciplinary action taken by school district personnel in connection with the pupil,…
  5. ARTICLE 5. Privacy of Pupil Records §§ 49073–49079.7 · 15 sections
    • § 49073 (a) School districts shall adopt a policy identifying those categories of directory information as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 49061 that may be…
    • § 49073.1 (a) A local educational agency may, pursuant to a policy adopted by its governing board or, in the case of a charter school, its governing body, enter into a…
    • § 49073.2 (a) Notwithstanding Section 49073, a local educational agency shall not include the directory information or the personal information of a pupil or of a parent…
    • § 49073.5 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that a school district, in adopting a policy pursuant to Section 49073 governing the release of pupil directory…
    • § 49073.6 (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Educational purposes” means for purposes that aid in instruction in the…
    • § 49074 Nothing in this chapter shall preclude a school district from providing, in its discretion, statistical data from which no pupil may be identified to any…
    • § 49075 (a) A school district may permit access to pupil records to any person for whom a parent of the pupil has executed written consent specifying the records to be…
    • § 49076 (a) A school district shall not permit access to pupil records to a person without written parental consent or under judicial order except as set forth in this…
    • § 49076.5 (a) Notwithstanding Section 49076, each school district shall release the information it has specific to a particular pupil’s identity and location that…
    • § 49076.7 (a) The Legislature finds and declares both of the following: (1) Pupil data privacy is a priority because pupils are at risk for identity theft when providing…
    • § 49077 (a) Information concerning a pupil shall be furnished in compliance with a court order or a lawfully issued subpoena. The school district shall make a…
    • § 49078 The service of a lawfully issued subpoena or a court order upon a public school employee solely for the purpose of causing him or her to produce a school…
    • § 49079 (a) A school district shall inform the teacher of each pupil who has engaged in, or is reasonably suspected to have engaged in, any of the acts described in…
    • § 49079.5 The Legislature recognizes that a longitudinal pupil data system provides direct and tangible benefits to pupils, educators, policymakers, and the public. The…
    • § 49079.7 (a) Notwithstanding paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 49079.6, the department shall impose reasonable fees or charges upon researchers applying for…
  6. ARTICLE 6. California School Information Services §§ 49080–49085 · 8 sections
    • § 49080 The Legislature finds and declares that the mission of the California School Information Services is to do all of the following: (a) Build the capacity of…
    • § 49080.5 For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “CSIS” means the California School Information Services established pursuant to this…
    • § 49081 The California School Information Services is hereby established. The CSIS shall be administered by the County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance…
    • § 49082.5 The California School Information Services shall consult with technical and support staff from local education agencies, special education local plan areas,…
    • § 49083 (a) The California School Information Services program administrator shall submit to the State Board of Education a plan to administer, coordinate, and manage…
    • § 49083.5 (a) CSIS, in consultation with the department, shall create and maintain a list of SIS vendors. This list shall include the product capabilities of SIS…
    • § 49084 (a) A participating local education agency with an enrollment of 3,500 or more pupils, as determined by the most current California Basic Educational Data…
    • § 49085 (a) On or before February 1, 2014, the department and the State Department of Social Services shall develop and enter into a memorandum of understanding that…