The parent never picked up the records at the school or at the MPS Central Services Building after he agreed with MPS staff to pick the records up at these locations. The parent requested his son's records with no further clarification of what records were requested. The next entry in the communication notebook refers to an emergency card requested and received. None of these notebook entries are dated. Federal law provides a parent the right to inspect and review any education records relating to the child that are collected, maintained, or used by the district.
State law provides that a parent be shown and upon request be provided a copy of a pupil's records.
The district did not conduct an IEP meeting or a hearing for the child from the time of the parent's request for copies of pupil records until the district delivered to the parent copies of pupil records on February 6, 1997. The parent was offered opportunities to access his son's records and receive a copy of his son's records within 45 days after the request for records. The parent, not the district, canceled the meeting which was scheduled to review and provide the records within the required time limit. The complaint is not substantiated. This concludes our investigation of this complaint, and we are closing this complaint investigation.