B. Parent Rights – parents and eligible students (those 18 years or older) have the right to:
1. Inspect and review the student’s education records.
2. Request the amendment of the student’s education records to ensure that the records are not
inaccurate, misleading, or otherwise in violation of a student’s privacy rights or other rights.
3. Consent to disclosure of personally identifiable information contained in the student’s education
record, except to the extent that the Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act regulation authorize
disclosure without consent
4. File with the U.S. Department of Education a complaint concerning alleged failures by the Enfield
Public Schools to comply with the federal regulations
5. Obtain a copy of the Enfield Public Schools policies for student education records. Copies of these
policies are located in the office of the Superintendent of Schools and in the Principal’s office of
each school of the district.
C. Record Retention Policy – For the purpose of complying with Sec. 10-15b of the Conn. General
Statues, student data is classified as Category A, B, or C and has different time-lines for the destruction
of records.
CATEGORY A – records are kept for 50 years and include:
Name, address, date of birth
Attendance dates
Name of parents, address, phone number
Academic work and level of achievement
CATEGORY B – information is data needed to formulate educational programs for students, but not
absolutely necessary over an indefinite period of time. Included in this category may be:
Standardized test scores
Speech and hearing evaluations
Individual diagnostic reading tests
CATEGORY C – includes verified information necessary for the formulation of prescriptive plans
designed to meet the unique needs of selected students. These would include:
Health Records
Psychological reports
School Social Work summaries
Reports of serious recurrent behavior patterns
Planning & Placement Team findings
Category B & C records shall be destroyed after the data are no longer relevant for the provision of
educational services to the child; and, in no event shall they be retained beyond six (6) years following their
graduation or the graduation of the class to which he/she belonged.
The Enfield Public Schools annually notify the public of intent to destroy B & C records so that those
wishing them may request same prior to destruction (via local newspapers during June).
Community Relations 1110.1
Communications with the Public
Parent Involvement
The Board of Education believes that the education of children is a cooperative effort among the parents,
school and community. In this policy the word “parent” also includes guardians and other family members
involved in supervising the child’s schooling.
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