KRS 160.700: Definitions related to KRS 160.700 to 160.730.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Directory information" means the student's name, address, telephone listing, date

and place of birth, participation in school recognized sports and activities, height

and weight of member s of athletic teams, dates of attendance, awards received,

major field of study, and the most recent previous educational agency or institution

attended by the student, contained in education records in the custody of the public

schools;

(2) "Educational i nstitution" means any public school providing an elementary and

secondary education, including vocational;

(3) "Education record" means data and information directly relating to a student that is

collected or maintained by educational institutions or by a person acting for an

institution including academic records and portfolios; achievement tests; aptitude

scores; teacher and counselor evaluations; health and personal data; behavioral and

psychological evaluations; and directory data recorded in any medium including

handwriting, magnetic tapes, film, video, microfiche, computer -generated and

stored data, or data otherwise maintained and used by the educational institution or

a person acting for an institution. "Education record" shall not include:

(a) Records of instructional, supervisory, and assisting administrative personnel

which are in the sole possession of the maker and are not accessible or

revealed to any other person except a substitute for any of those persons;

(b) Records maintained by a law enfo rcement unit of the educational institution

that were created by that law enforcement unit for the purpose of law

enforcement;

(c) In the case of persons who are employed by an educational agency or

institution but who are not in attendance at that agency or institution, records

made and maintained in the normal course of business which relate

exclusively to that person in the person's capacity as an employee and are not

available for use for any other purpose; or

(d) Records on a student who is eighteen (1 8) years of age or older, which are

made, used, or maintained by a physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, or other

recognized professional or paraprofessional for treatment of the student, and

are not available to anyone other than persons providing this treatment, except

a physician or other appropriate professional of the student's choice.

(4) "Eligible student" means a student, or a former student, who has reached the age of

eighteen (18) or is pursuing an education beyond high school and therefore the

permission or consent required of, and the rights accorded to the parents of the

student shall thereafter be required of, and accorded to the student;

(5) "School official" means personnel employed in instructive and administrative

positions with a school b oard or educational institution. Parents and other

noneducational persons who are elected or appointed to school -based decision

making councils or committees thereof, or other voluntary boards or committees

shall not be considered school officials.