An Act To Require That Disciplinary, Attendance and Health Records Be Included in the Records That Follow a Student Who Transfers to Another School Amend the bill in section I by striking out all of subsection 2 and inserting in its place the following: 2. Transfer of records. Upon application of a student to transfer to another school administrative unit in this State or to enroll at a school administrative unit in this State from an educational program or school for juveniles located in or operated by a correctional facility or a school outside of the State, and upon the written request of the superintendent of the school administrative unit into which the student seeks admission, school administrators at the school administrative unit from which the student is transferring shall provide all of the student's education records, including disciplinary records, attendance records, health records other than confidential health records for which consent for dissemination has not been obtained .a.n.g special education records, to school administrators at the school administrative unit to which the student is seeking a transfer. Confidential health records may be provided under this subsection only if the school administrator at the school administrative unit from which the student is transferring receives the authorization or consent necessary for the dissemination of information contained in the following records: Page I-LRI292(2) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 0262
Committee Amendment CA_A_S189 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 96, L.D. 262, Bill, "An Act 
To Require That Disciplinary, Attendance and Health Records Be 
Included in the Records That Follow a Student Who Transfers to 
Another School" 
Amend 
the bill 
in 
section 
I 
by 
striking out all 
of 
subsection 2 and inserting in its place the following: 
'2. 
Transfer of records. 
Upon application of a student to 
transfer to another school administrative unit in this State or 
to enroll at a school administrative unit in this State from an 
educational 
program 
or 
school 
for 
juveniles 
located 
in 
or 
operated by a correctional facility or a school outside of the 
State, and upon the written request of the superintendent of the 
school 
administrative 
unit 
into 
which 
the 
student 
seeks 
admission, 
school administrators at the school administrative 
unit from which the student is transferring shall provide all of 
the student's education records, including disciplinary records, 
attendance records, health records other than confidential health 
records for which consent for dissemination has not been obtained 
.a.n.g special education records, to school administrators at the 
school administrative unit to which the student is seeking a 
transfer. 
Confidential health records may be provided under this 
subsection only if the 
school 
administrator 
at 
the 
school 
administrative 
unit 
from 
which 
the 
student 
is 
transferring 
receives 
the 
authorization 
or 
consent 
necessary 
for 
the 
dissemination of information contained in the following records: 
Page I-LRI292(2) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
"."~' 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT .. A .. to S.P. 96, L.D. 262 
A. 
Records 
concerning 
information 
on 
a 
person's 
HIV 
infection status, including the results of an HIV test, as 
those records are described in Title 5, section 19203-D: 
B. Records concerning information on a person's alcohol and 
other drug abuse treatment as those records are described in 
Title 5, section 20047: 
C. Records concerning information on a person's health care 
and treatment as those records are described in Title 22, 
section 1711-C: and 
D. 
Records 
concerning 
information 
on 
a 
person's mental 
health treatment as those records are described in Title 
34-B, section 1207.' 
SUMMARY 
This 
amendment 
retains 
the 
provisions 
of 
the bill 
and 
clarifies that a student's health records, including records and 
information pertaining to HIV infection status, health care and 
treatment, 
mental 
health 
treatment 
and 
alcohol 
and 
other 
substance abuse treatment, may not be disseminated as part of a 
student's health records without the authorization or consent 
necessary under existing state statutes. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
State Mandate 
New or Expanded Activity 
Revised: 05/15103 ~aC!. 
Office of Fiscal and Program Review 
LD262 
An Act to Require That Disciplinary, Attendance and Health Records Be 
Included in the Records That Follow a Student Who Transfers to 
Another School 
LR 1292(02) 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment it"s -1<iA 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Current Cost - State Mandate 
Unit Affected 
Costs 
According to the Department of Education, most school units 
already include these records when a student transfers to another 
school. The administrative costs to those school units that do not 
already include these records is expected to be minimal. 
School 
Insignificant 
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