5205 Transcripts and Disciplinary Records

Initial Date of Approval: 4/22/09

Revision Date(s): 

Administrative Responsibility:Vice President of Student Services

PURPOSE

To conform to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) regarding educational records.

REFERENCES

FERPA (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99)

POLICY

Transcripts of a student’s scholastic records will contain only information about his/her academic status and eligibility to continue at the college.

PROCEDURES

Disciplinary records will be kept separate from academic records and no notation of any disciplinary action will appear on a student’s transcript. Provision will be made for periodic review and routine destruction of non-current disciplinary records by the office maintaining such information.