§ 6-28-107 — Transfer of education records and enrollment

(a) (1) Upon receipt of the unofficial copies of a student's education records by a receiving district, and as soon as practicable, a receiving district shall preregister and provisionally place a student based on the information provided in the unofficial education records that is pending validation by the official records. (2) If official copies of a student's education records cannot be released to a parent or legal guardian of a student for purposes of a transition under this chapter, then the custodian of the student's education records at the sending district shall prepare and furnish to the parent or legal guardian of the student and the receiving district a complete set of unofficial copies of the student's education records, which shall contain uniform information as determined by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education. (b) (1) Simultaneous with the enrollment and provisional placement of a student under this section, a receiving district shall request a student's official education records from the sending district. (2) Upon receipt of a request under subdivision (b)(1) of this section, a sending district, if it is a district within the state, shall process and furnish a student's official education records within: (A) Ten (10) days; or (B) A reasonable time frame as established by division rules.

Legislative History

Added by Act 2021, No. 1031,§ 2, eff. 7/28/2021.