Access to Student Records. i. The School shall timely make available to the District information regarding special education and related services for students of the School, and additionally, upon request of the District, shall provide cumulative files of a student or students to the extent necessary in order to comply with reporting requirements imposed by applicable state or federal law. The District shall timely make available to the School cumulative files and/or student information, including but not limited to information regarding special education and related services for students of the School. The School shall use such information exclusively for fulfillment of its educational responsibilities or for compliance with the law and shall not use student information acquired from the District for any other purpose. ii. The School shall provide parents and eligible students access to education records in accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. §1232g and 34 CFR Part 99 (“FERPA”), state law, and District Policy JRA-JRC. The School acknowledges and agrees that, for the purpose of this Contract, “education records” means those records that are directly related to a student and maintained by the School, except as otherwise provided by FERPA. The School shall comply with a parent or eligible student request to access education records within a reasonable period of time, but not more than forty-five days after it receives the request. The School acknowledges and agrees that it may charge a fee for providing paper copies of education records to a parent or eligible student but may not charge a fee to search or retrieve the records of a student. If the School receives a request for records that reference a student, but are not “education records” as defined herein, then the School shall process such request in accordance with the Colorado Open Records Act, C.R.S §§ 24-72-200.1 et seq. (“▇▇▇▇”). The School acknowledges and agrees that it may charge $0.25/page for providing paper copies of public records in response to a ▇▇▇▇, and that after the first hour of staff time spent researching and retrieving public records, it may charge a fee of $30/per hour for additional staff time associated with researching and retrieving responsive public records.
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