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Local Operating
Guidelines
Records
Records (including what takes place in an ARD committee) are considered
to be confidential information. Information pertaining to records
or ARD conversations is available only to professionals within
the school with a legitimate educational interest. All other parties
need written consent from adult student, parent or guardian before
reading or receiving copies of any information or before anyone
can share what took place in an ARD meeting. Official records
are kept in the Special Education Office.
A complete copy of the policies concerning parent and student
rights and confidentiality of records may be obtained upon request
from Goose Creek CISD at:
Special Education Department
Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District
3030 Decker Drive
Baytown, TX 77520
Access List
A current listing of the names and positions of those employees
within the district who may have direct access to personally identifiable
information can be found on each campus. The Goose Creek Consolidated
Independent School District has established the following procedures
to protect the rights of parents and students and to insure the
confidentiality of personally identifiable information.
1. Parents and/or eligible students (who have
reached the age of majority) have the right of access to records.
2. Parents and/or adult students must designate in writing that
a third party may have access to a copy of the records indicating
the name and address of the person and /or agency to receive the
records, the date of the request, and the signature of the parent
or adult student.
3. Records are released in compliance with a special judicial order
or subpoena provided that the parent and student are notified in
advance of compliance.
4. Professional employees of the Goose Creek CISD and it's consultants
who have an educational interest in the student have access to the
student's records.
5. The district forwards a student's records on request and without
prior parental consent to school in which a student seeks or intends
to enroll. Legal guardian consent is required to release the records
to anyone else.
6. A record of access is maintained in each student's folder containing;
the written request for access, a record of the person/agencies
granted access, and the date of access to information.
Procedures for Confidentiality
1. Principals assume responsibility for insuring the confidentiality
of personally identifiable information on each campus. The superintendent
is responsible for the confidentiality at the district level. The
district provides training and instruction regarding all policies
and procedures to all individuals using or collecting personally
identifiable information.
2. Personally identifiable information is maintained in the student's
eligibility folder.
3. Persons with access to personally identifiable information on
students include teachers currently serving the student, campus
special education staff who are currently serving the student, the
campus administrator, superintendent, members of the multi-disciplinary
evaluation team, the director of special education, licensed specialist
in school, the consulting psychologist, persons authorized access
by the guardian, the guardian, and Texas Education Agency monitoring
teams.
4. Individual schools maintain current lists of names and positions
of those persons having access to information contained in student
records.
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