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Steiner also said yesterday that he had informed department chairmen that the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which will give students access to their files, will also require students to sign "consent forms" allowing persons other than the recommender to see documents of recommendation...
...There isn't any room for doubt that we would be in violation of the law if we didn't ask for students' consent," Steiner said. "It's one of the weaknesses of the bill...
Dean Whitlock said yesterday he is "considering sending a letter to students asking them for written consent to send the grades to the parents...
...says that only the student, school officials, or certain federal officials including the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare may have access to the files without written consent. The law does not provide for parents' access to the material...
Steiner said he had brought up the parental consent problem with the administrators earlier, but that it was not a high priority because grades are not about to go out yet. He said the immediate problem is "trying to do our best to implement the law by November...