What are education records?
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Records -- handwritten, print, computer, videotape, audiotape, film, microfilm, microfiche or e-mail – of an institution that
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Contain information directly related to the student and
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Are maintained by an agency or institution or party acting in its behalf.
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Education records do not include:
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Records/notes in sole possession of maker not accessible or revealed to any other person except a temporary substitute
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Medical records
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Employment records when employment is not contingent on being a student, provided the record is used only in relation to the individual's employment
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Records created and maintained by a law enforcement unit used only for that purpose, is revealed only to law enforcement agencies of the same jurisdiction, and the enforcement unit does not have access to education records
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Information on a person that was obtained when no longer a student (i.e., alumni records) and does not relate to the person as a student
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