Student Records

Gwinnett County Public Schools provide the student and his or her parent with important rights pertaining to student records through policy "JR." These rights include:

1. The right to receive this information in a format understandable to the student and parent;
2. The right to inspect and review student records by parent (and in the case of students over the age of 18, by students) within 45 days of the request and the right to have the records explained;
3. The right to copies of student records;
4. The right to challenge the content of student records and the procedures for doing so, including the availability of formal proceedings to resolve these disputes;
5. The right to request that material be removed from the student records and the procedures for doing so;
6. The right to require parental or student consent and such methods of consent before the disclosure of student records except in certain specific circumstances;
7. The rights of separated or divorced parents and legal guardians pertaining to student records;
8. The right to schedule the destruction of particular student records;
9. The right to know the content, location and particulars concerning permanent records, official records and supplemental records.

Transfer of Records

Copies of a student's academic and discipline records will be transferred to officials of other schools or school systems in which the student seeks to enroll. Unless parents express, at the time of enrollment in the Gwinnett County Public Schools, a need for additional notice of transfer of student records, the transfer of records to the enrolling school or school system will occur without further notice.