This case focuses on how an administrator at an Alabama high school interpreted the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974. Specifically, the administrator had to determine whether a notebook should or should not be turned over to a student’s parents. The notebook, which was confiscated by a school resource officer, contained journal entries from five other students detailing drug use at school and off school property. The administrator had to make a difficult decision to either deny parents access to their child’s educational record or to risk possibly violating the privacy of other students involved.
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