School Board of Palm Beach County

RULE TITLE: Student Records Correction and Appeals.

RULE NUMBER: Policy 5.1816.

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To provide procedures for correction of information contained within student education records, upon request by a parent or adult student.

SUMMARY: Provides uniform guidelines and procedures for the correction, deletion, expunction, or rebuttal of education record data that a parent or adult student shows to be inaccurate, misleading, or otherwise inappropriate under Fla. Stat. § 1002.22(3)(c).

SPECIFIC RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: §§ 1001.41(2); 1001.43(6), (8), Fla. Stat.

LAWS IMPLEMENTED: §§ 1002.22(3)(c); 20 U.S.C. § 1232g(a)(2), (b)(1)(B), Fla. Stat.

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION RULE SUPPLEMENTED: 6A-1.0955(6)(k).

SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COST (OPTIONAL, IF ONE HAS BEEN PREPARED): None. Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or to provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative, must do so in writing within 21 days of the publication of this Notice.

TEXT OF PROPOSED RULE: Is available from the District's web at www.SchoolBoardPolicies.com/revisions.htm.

CONTACT PERSON: Corey Smith, Esq., 3318 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33406.

PERSON ORIGINATING THE PROPOSED RULE: Corey Smith, Esq.

SUPERVISOR OR PERSON WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED RULE: Dr. Art Johnson.

DATE PROPOSED RULE WAS APPROVED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD: March 1, 2004.

PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED: February 16, 2004, in The Palm Beach Post.

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE: Adoption of the proposed rule is anticipated to be considered at the School Board's Special Meeting on Policies on April 19, 2004, anticipated to begin at 5:00 p.m., in the Board Chambers at 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, Fla. The meeting is open to the public.