§ 7

(a) Parents shall have the right to challenge the accuracy, relevance or propriety of any entry in the school student records, exclusive of (i) academic grades of their child and (ii) references to expulsions or out-of-school suspensions, if the challenge is made at the time the student's school student records are forwarded to another school to which the student is transferring. (b) The State Board shall prescribe by regulation procedures to govern challenges to school student records under this Act. Such challenge procedures shall provide for a hearing at which each party shall have: (1) The right to present evidence and to call witnesses; (2) The right to cross-examine witnesses; (3) The right to counsel; (4) The right to a written statement of any decision and the reasons therefor; (5) The right to appeal an adverse decision to an administrative tribunal or official to be established or designated by the State Board. (c) A final decision under the procedures established pursuant to this Section may be appealed to the Circuit Court of the County in which the school is located. (d) Parents shall also have the right to insert in their child's school student record a statement of reasonable length setting forth their position on any disputed information contained in that record. The school shall include a copy of such statement in any subsequent dissemination of the information in dispute.

Legislative History

(Source: P.A. 89-261, eff. 8-10-95.)