ED Provides Guidance on CWA Access to
Student Records
In a June 2, 2014 press
statement, the U. S. Department of Education (ED) announced the release of
resources to "emphasize and support the needs of foster care
students." Those resources include a dedicated Students
in Foster Care informational web page and guidance on
implementing the 2013 Uninterrupted Scholars Act (USA). The USA amended the
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) to allow educational agencies
and institutions to disclose a student's education records to a caseworker or
other representative of a state or local child welfare agency (CWA) or tribal
organization when the CWA or tribal organization is legally responsible for the
care and protection of the student. The letter states that the amendments FERPA
"help in improving educational and developmental outcomes for children in
foster care by providing those agencies legally responsible for such children
access to specific information that is maintained by those agencies that
provide early intervention or educational services to such children."
The ED press statement is
available here.
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