What do statutes say about the transfer of student records between public and private schools?
California Code of Regulations (CCR), Title 5, Section 438 (Outside Source) governs records transfers between schools but not expressly between private schools. A private school cannot refuse to transfer student records to a requesting public school because of any tuition or fees that are owed by the student or parent (CCR, Title 5, Section 438[c] [Outside Source]). When a student moves from a private school to a public school or from a public school to a private school, the law requires that the student’s mandatory permanent record, or a copy, be transferred by the former school when requested by the receiving school (See EC Section 49068). However, under EC Section 48904(b), a private school may keep certain records from the parents if monies are owed provided that the governing body of the school has established rules governing procedures for withholding those records.
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