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SECTION IV RECORDS, SPECIAL EDUCATION, LAWS,RETENTION RECORDS (ACCESS TO) SUMMARY OF REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO STUDENT RECORDS The State Board of Education has adopted Regulations Pertaining to Records. The development of these regulations, which have the force of law, was mandated by state laws enacted in 1972 and 1974. The regulations apply to all public elementary and secondary schools. They are designed to insure parent/guardian and student rights of confidentiality, inspection, amendments, and description of responsibilities for the maintenance of student records. Note: Access to student records pursuant to General Law, Chapter 71, Section 340. "Records shall be given to all parents, legal guardians and students of a certain age, upon request via the child's guidance counselor. Interpretation of said records will be provided with appropriate notice." STUDENT RECORDS A student's record must be made available to the student and/or his or her parent/guardian within two consecutive weekdays after an initial request to the principal of the school. By decision of the Mashpee School Committee, copies of the records shall be furnished upon request, for a fee of S.20 per page. This rate is equivalent to the cost of reproduction. A professionally qualified staff person shall be available, upon request, to interpret any of the contents of the record. In addition, the eligible student and/or his or her parent/guardian may have the student record inspected or interpreted by a third party of their choice upon due written consent of the eligible student or parent/guardian. A school may release a student's name, class,participation in officially recognized activities and sports, honors and awards, and post high school plans without the consent of the student or parent/guardian unless the school is informed in writing that such information shall not be released. Otherwise, no information in a student's record shall be given to a third party without the specific written consent of the student and/or his or her parent/guardian, except upon the receipt of a court order or lawfully issued subpoena, or when given anonymously in statistical form to the Department of Education or independent researchers, or as requested by the representatives of the Department of Education acting for the Commissioner in connection with the enforcement of federal and state education laws, or when forwarded to the school to which a student is transferring unless the student or parent/guardian requests that such information not be transferred. , 33