Okla. Stat. tit. 51, § 51-24A.16
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Educational records and materials - Confidentiality
Official statutory text
A. Except as set forth in subsection B of this section, public
educational institutions and their employees may keep confidential:
1. Individual student records;
2. Teacher lesson plans, tests and other teaching material;
3. Personal communications concerning individual students; and
4. Any contract for use of a student athlete’s name, image, or
likeness disclosed to a postsecondary institution pursuant to the
Student Athlete Name, Image and Likeness Rights Act.
B. If kept, statistical information not identified with a
particular student and directory information shall be open for
inspection and copying. Except as provided in subsection C of this
section, each educational institution may choose to designate
specific information which shall be classified as directory
information for students attending the educational institution. In
accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act,
Section 1232g of Title 20 of the United States Code and Part 99 of
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 51. Officers Page 44
Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, “directory information”
includes a student’s name, address, telephone listing, date and
place of birth, major field of study, participation in officially
recognized activities and sports, weight and height of members of
athletic teams, dates of attendance, degrees and awards received,
and the most recent previous educational institution attended by the
student. Any educational agency or institution making public
directory information shall give public notice of the categories of
information which it has designated as directory information with
respect to each student attending the institution or agency and
shall allow a reasonable period of time after the notice has been
given for a parent to inform the institution or agency that any or
all of the information designated should not be released without
prior consent of the parent or guardian or the student if the
student is eighteen (18) years of age or older.
C. All educational agencies or institutions which are not the
primary custodians of student directory information of students
attending the educational institution, but which are allowed to
access the information for educational purposes, shall be prohibited
from releasing or selling any or all student directory information
unless disclosure is authorized by the Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act, Section 1232g of Title 20 of the United States Code and
Part 99 of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, or Section
3-168 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
D. A public school district may release individual student
records for the current or previous school year to a school district
at which the student was previously enrolled for purposes of
evaluating educational programs and school effectiveness.
educational institutions and their employees may keep confidential:
1. Individual student records;
2. Teacher lesson plans, tests and other teaching material;
3. Personal communications concerning individual students; and
4. Any contract for use of a student athlete’s name, image, or
likeness disclosed to a postsecondary institution pursuant to the
Student Athlete Name, Image and Likeness Rights Act.
B. If kept, statistical information not identified with a
particular student and directory information shall be open for
inspection and copying. Except as provided in subsection C of this
section, each educational institution may choose to designate
specific information which shall be classified as directory
information for students attending the educational institution. In
accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act,
Section 1232g of Title 20 of the United States Code and Part 99 of
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 51. Officers Page 44
Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, “directory information”
includes a student’s name, address, telephone listing, date and
place of birth, major field of study, participation in officially
recognized activities and sports, weight and height of members of
athletic teams, dates of attendance, degrees and awards received,
and the most recent previous educational institution attended by the
student. Any educational agency or institution making public
directory information shall give public notice of the categories of
information which it has designated as directory information with
respect to each student attending the institution or agency and
shall allow a reasonable period of time after the notice has been
given for a parent to inform the institution or agency that any or
all of the information designated should not be released without
prior consent of the parent or guardian or the student if the
student is eighteen (18) years of age or older.
C. All educational agencies or institutions which are not the
primary custodians of student directory information of students
attending the educational institution, but which are allowed to
access the information for educational purposes, shall be prohibited
from releasing or selling any or all student directory information
unless disclosure is authorized by the Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act, Section 1232g of Title 20 of the United States Code and
Part 99 of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, or Section
3-168 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
D. A public school district may release individual student
records for the current or previous school year to a school district
at which the student was previously enrolled for purposes of
evaluating educational programs and school effectiveness.
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