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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$.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 ■