The school district provides special education and related services for children ages 3 to 21 with cognitive disabilities, orthopedic impairments, other health impairments, autism, traumatic brain injuries, visual handicaps, hearing handicaps, speech and language handicaps, learning disabilities, and emotional disturbances. The County Board provides special education and related services for children with disabilities ages birth to 3. The school district offers special education and related services for children ages 3 through 5 with significant developmental delays. The school district maintains pupil records containing personally identifiable information gathered during screening for each child referred for M-team evaluation. The school district maintains pupil records in the interest of students to assist in providing appropriate educational experiences.
All records directly related to a student and maintained by the school district are pupil records.
With limited exception, these records are confidential. Pupil records include records maintained in any way including, but not limited to, computer storage media, video and audio tape, film, microfilm, and microfiche. Records maintained for personal use by a teacher and not available to others and records available only to persons involved in the psychological treatment of a child are not pupil records. The school district maintains several classes of records. Progress records must be maintained for at least five years after the child ceases to be enrolled.