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    aeh my understanding is that when schools bill only the billing transaction is subject to HIPAA stipulations. It discusses this in the link. I certainly don't see any reason for the school to put the information on a report card but it does not appear that they are doing anything illegal. I know there is a stipulation under FERPA that allows parents to request that special education records be destroyed. If I was really concerned about the records going to the new school, I would get a copy of the records and make a formal request to eliminate the records.

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    One thing to ask. Is this report card the same as what would be sent to another school if you were transferring/applying. In H.S. the report card in NOT the same as the transcript. Report Card has comments on it & more detail, while the transcript is just end of semester grades.

    While I don't think they shouldn't refer to the 504 in the report card you might want to check if this report is just for the parents/guardian and not what other schools will see.

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    sally, sorry I was unclear. I agree that the report card as it stands is not illegal. I was making a side comment that many if not most schools actually are HIPAA entities...but, as you note, FERPA trumps that.

    The second point, however, has to do with disability rights in public schools admissions. Which, of course, is not really part of the OP's question. Your advice to have sped/504 records destroyed is more relevant to that.


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    Originally Posted by dusty
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    If one doesn't want to disclose this to a partner it friend, then sure. But to a school or employer that has to provide services, then I think yes the parent should have to. If a school has previously provided services then they should be able to state that in a kind of recommendation that is a school report being used to entice a school to take them on. It's misleading and dishonest IMO to do otherwise.

    You know, if there were more explanation, I wouldn't mind. But it doesn't say what accommodations she's received. Nor does it say that she takes more advanced tests than the rest of the class or reads a novel and does a project on it every two weeks without any grade weighting.

    I do not think it is dishonest to want to give the full information myself if they're only going to take the time to write five words. I'm glad I accepted the accommodations, but until she's really typing, she's not even getting that much out of them. If they had told me this at the beginning instead of saying "oh, even kids with allergies have 504, it's really no big deal," I might not have accepted them. At least not until she's typing.

    It's not like teachers don't have to write recommendations.

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