In addition to FERPA requirements that apply to all student education records, education agencies must establish the following procedures for ensuring the privacy of the records of students who receive services under the IDEA:

1.Permit a representative of parents to inspect the student's education record.

2.Designate an official at each participating agency who is personally responsible for safeguarding the confidentiality of identifiable information about students with disabilities during collection, storage, disclosure, an destruction stages.

3.Obtain parent permission prior to any disclosure of records, unless it is authorized by FERPA without such permission.

4.Inform parents when information is no longer needed to provide education services and destroy records at the request of parents.

5.The state education agency must describe in a state plan the policies and procedures, including sanctions, used to ensure it meets IDEA requirements and regulations.

 
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