Consent Required for Records Disclosure

The following letter was released from the CCHS Counseling Office:

To the Parents of Juniors and Seniors:

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), a federal law, requires that Campbell County School District, which certain exceptions, obtain your written consent prior to the disclosure of personally identifiable information from your child’s education records. However, Campbell County School District may disclose appropriately designated “directory information” without written consent, unless you have advised the District to the contrary in accordance with District procedures.

In addition, two federal laws require local educational agencies (LEAs) receiving assistance under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to provide military recruiters, upon request, with three directory information categories- names, addresses, and telephone listings – unless parents have advised the LEA that they do not want their student’s information disclosed without their prior written consent. These laws are: Section 9528 of the ESEA (20 U.S.C. 7908), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (P.L. 107-110), the education bill, and 10 U.S.C. 503, as amended by section 544, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (P.L. 107-107), the legislation that provides funding for the Nation’s armed forces.

If you do not want Campbell County School District to disclose directory information from your child’s educational records without your prior written consent, you must notify the District in writing. Simply state that you desire not to have your child’s “directory information” released to any military recruiter and return that statement to the counseling office at North Campus:

Counseling Office
Campbell County High School
1000 Camel Drive
Gillette, WY 82716

Thank you.