Because I'm a staunch pacifist I refused to sign the form stating that I didn't want any records released to the military.  My guidance councilor said it's fine if I didn't fill it out because, "we already know you are going to a four year school."  I told her I didn't authorize the release of any student records, but I doubt she will actually listen to that.  

I planned on submitting a letter to herself, the school principle, and the superintendent of schools stating my refusal to release such records; however, I was having trouble finding any specific laws regarding this.  Obviously the section of NCLB deals with directory information which is a letter I've already prepared, but I was hoping for anything more specific to this instance.  Would I be best off citing the Federal Privacy Act of 1974?

P.S.This may belong in the political teen or school forum, but I wanted more serious responses with some actual content rather than opinions.  Move it if you must.

Generally schools are authorized to release records to certain agencies assuming they have written consent(other records are released without consent or notification, but I'm pretty sure this isn't the case here; someone correct me if I'm wrong).

I refused to give consent to the release of these records either verbally or by signing the form; however, my guidance councilor intends to send this information regardless.

Also keep in mind, even if it were applicable, the United States has refused to sign the a good portion of Human Rights agreements in the U.N.

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     Generally, schools must have written permission from the parent or eligible student in order to release any information from a student's education record. However, FERPA allows schools to disclose those records, without consent, to the following parties or under the following conditions (34 CFR § 99.31):
         o School officials with legitimate educational interest;
         o Other schools to which a student is transferring;
         o Specified officials for audit or evaluation purposes;
         o Appropriate parties in connection with financial aid to a student;
         o Organizations conducting certain studies for or on behalf of the school;
         o Accrediting organizations;
         o To comply with a judicial order or lawfully issued subpoena;
         o Appropriate officials in cases of health and safety emergencies; and
         o State and local authorities, within a juvenile justice system, pursuant to specific State law.

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If you're 18 then you are an eligible student and they need your permission, if you're under 18 they need your parents.

http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html

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On second thought, your future plans probably don't fall under your education record, so this might not apply after all. Take a look at the law itself and see if you can find anything; it's pretty much the most important student privacy law that I can think of.

Post edited at 12:27 pm on April 29, 2008 by Wilder

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on second thought, your future plans probably don't fall under your education record, so this might not apply after all. Take a look at the law itself and see if you can find anything; it's pretty much the most important student privacy law that I can think of.

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She only knows of my future plans because I spoke with her about transcript requests to send the information to colleges that I applied at, so I'd say this is relatively applicable.

Thanks very much for your help, I'll get working on that now and let you know how it goes.