§ 300.624 Destruction of information.

Plain English summary

Public agencies must notify parents when personally identifiable information is no longer needed for educational services and must destroy that information upon parental request. A limited set of permanent records — including name, address, phone number, grades, attendance, classes attended, grade level completed, and year completed — may be retained indefinitely without a time limitation.

Key requirements

• The public agency must inform parents when personally identifiable information collected, maintained, or used under this part is no longer needed to provide educational services to the child.
• The information must be destroyed at the request of the parents.
• A permanent record of a student's name, address, and phone number, his or her grades, attendance record, classes attended, grade level completed, and year completed may be maintained without time limitation.

Affected parties

• public agencies
• parents
• students with disabilities

Official source

https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-34/part-300/section-300.624