Protecting the Privacy of Student Records: Guidelines for Education Agencies is the product of a collaborative effort involving numerous individuals from federal, state, and local education agencies, public and private educational institutions, and national professional associations, as well as educators, administrators, and researchers.

Members of the Data Confidentiality Task Force of the National Forum on Education Statistics and Lee Hoffman of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) provided leadership and painstakingly reviewed every draft of the manuscript. (Their names and affiliation are listed in the Foreword of this document.) In addition, authors are most grateful to LeRoy Rooker and Ellen Campbell of the Family Policy Compliance Office, U.S. Department of Education. They explained and clarified the federal laws and their regulations, and reviewed several versions of the manuscript.

In October 1996, a group of federal agency representatives met in Washington, D.C. to review the document and provided invaluable suggestions on specific issues related to their respective programs:

Robert Burton

National Center for Education Statistics

U.S. Department of Education

Washington, D.C.

 

Lee Hoffman

National Center for Education Statistics

U.S. Department of Education

Washington, D.C.

 

LeRoy Rooker

Family Policy Compliance Office

U.S. Department of Education

Washington, D.C.

 

Kristin Gilbert

Office of Migrant Education

U.S. Department of Education

Washington, D.C.

 

Judith Leonard

Office of the General Counsel

U.S. Department of Education

Washington, D.C.

 

JoLeta Reynolds

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services

U.S. Department of Education

Washington, D.C.

 

Rhonda Weiss

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services

U.S. Department of Education

Washington, D.C.

 

Max D. Scruggs

Office for Civil Rights

U.S. Department of Education

Washington, D.C.

 

Milagros Lanauze

Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs

U.S. Department of Education

Washington, D.C.

 

Beth Allaben

Office of the General Counsel

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Washington, D.C.

 

Robert Eadie

Food and Consumer Services

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Alexandria, Virginia

 

Barbara Semper

Food and Consumer Services

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Alexandria, Virginia

 

Elaine Bahr

Nebraska Department of Education

Lincoln, Nebraska

 

Eleanor H. Barnes

Fairfax County Public Schools

Fairfax, Virginia

 

Linelle B. Burton

D.C. Commission of Public Health

Washington, D.C.

 

Ann S. Craig

South Carolina Department of Education

Columbia, South Carolina

 

Patricia J. Cygan

Nathan Hale High School

Seattle, Washington

 

Dorothy Daugherty

National Association of School Psychologists

Bethesda, Maryland

 

Janice Doolittle

Oakland (Michigan) Schools

Waterford, Michigan

 

Judith D. Fillion

New Hampshire Department of Education

Concord, New Hampshire

 

Lee Hoffman

National Center for Education Statistics

U.S. Department of Education

Washington, D.C.

 

Elaine C. Klein

Mountlake Terrace High School

Mountlake Terrace, Washington

 

J.D. Lee

(Representing the American Vocational Information Association)

Indiana Department of Education

Indianapolis, Indiana

 

Nancy S. Perry

American School Counselor Association

Alexandria, Virginia

 

Jacqueline K. Reed

Prince George's County Public Schools

Upper Marlboro, Maryland

 

Stephen J. Schellenberg

Saint Paul Public Schools

Saint Paul, Minnesota

 

Billie E.K. Shepperd

Comprehensive School Health Program

D.C. Commission of Public Health

Washington, D.C.

 

Victoria Stanhope

National Association of School Psychologists

Bethesda, Maryland

 

David Stockford

(Representing the National Association of State Directors of Special Education)

Maine Department of Education

Augusta, Maine

 

Jean Tansey

Fairfax County Public Schools

Annandale, Virginia

 

Charlene Tucker

Connecticut Department of Education

Hartford, Connecticut

 

Elizabeth F. Warren

South Carolina School Boards Association

Columbia, South Carolina

 

Linda Whitfield

Fairfax County Public Schools

Alexandria, Virginia

 

Donn Williams

Arizona School Boards Association

Phoenix, Arizona

 

 

Walter Ball

Association of Washington School Principals

Olympia, Washington

 

Gaylynn Becker

North Dakota Department of Public Instruction

Bismarck, North Dakota

 

Barbara Campbell

Burlington, Connecticut

 

Judy Constantian

Attorney-at-Law

Merrimack, New Hampshire

 

Mary Dalla

St. Casimir School

Lansing, Michigan

 

Joyce Flood

Illinois State Board of Education

Springfield, Illinois

 

Mary Gannon

Iowa Association of School Boards

Des Moines, Iowa

 

Maria Garza-Lubeck

Council of Chief State School Officers

Washington, D.C.

 

Gerald Gates

Bureau of the Census

Washington, D.C.

 

Brenda Greene

National School Boards Association

Alexandria, Virginia

 

Gary Gronberg

North Dakota Department of Public Instruction

Bismarck, North Dakota

 

Mark Gutman

Garden City Public Schools

Garden City, Michigan

 

Pat Herbel

North Dakota Department of Public Instruction

Bismarck, North Dakota

 

John Jaksa

Michigan Association of Non-Public Schools

Lansing, Michigan

 

Dave Lee

North Dakota Department of Public Instruction

Bismarck, North Dakota

 

Kathy Love

Lenawee Intermediate School District

Adrian, Michigan

 

Pamela A. McCourt

Lansing School District

Lansing, Michigan

 

Pat Montgomery

Clonlara School

Ann Arbor, Michigan

 

Jean Newborg

North Dakota Department of Public Instruction

Bismarck, North Dakota

 

Jan Ozias

Austin Independent School District

Austin, Texas

 

Roger Rieger

North Dakota Department of Public Instruction

Bismarck, North Dakota

 

Warren Roane

Center for University Studies

Montevideo, Uruguay

 

Aida I. Rodriguez-Roig

Puerto Rico Department of Education

San Juan, Puerto Rico

 

Robert Rutten

North Dakota Department of Public Instruction

Bismarck, North Dakota

 

Nadine Schwab

Connecticut Department of Education

Hartford, Connecticut

 

Jean Shane

Michigan Department of Education

Lansing, Michigan

 

Glen Walstra

Michigan Association of NonPublic Schools

Lansing, Michigan

 

Genie L. Wessel

University of Maryland School of Nursing

Baltimore, Maryland

 

Connie Wise

Illinois State Board of Education

Springfield, Illinois

 

Carol Wolenberg

Michigan Department of Education

Lansing, Michigan

 

Richard Yong

Illinois State Board of Education

Springfield, Illinois

 

 
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