§ 300.617 Fees.

Plain English summary

Participating agencies may charge a fee for copies of records provided to parents, but only if the fee does not effectively prevent parents from exercising their right to inspect and review records. Agencies are explicitly prohibited from charging any fee for searching for or retrieving records.

Key requirements

• Each participating agency may charge a fee for copies of records that are made for parents under this part if the fee does not effectively prevent the parents from exercising their right to inspect and review those records.
• A participating agency may not charge a fee to search for or to retrieve information under this part.

Affected parties

• participating agencies
• parents

Official source

https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-34/part-300/section-300.617