KRS 160.705: Confidentiality of students' education records -- Procedures for protection

and preservation of education records and recordings of school activities.

(1) Education records of students in the public educational institutions in this state are

deemed confidential and shall not be disclosed, or the contents released, except

under the circumstances described in KRS 160.720.

(2) School officials shall take precautions to protect and preserve all education records,

including records generated and stored in the education technology system. School

officials shall:

(a) Retain for a minimum period of one (1) week a master copy of any digital,

video, or audio recordings of school activities without editing, altering, or

destroying any portion of the recordings, although secondary copies of the

master copy may be edited; and

(b) Retain for a minimum of one (1) month in an appropriate format, a master

copy of any digital, video, or audio recordings of activities that include, or

allegedly include, injury to student s or school employees without editing,

altering, or destroying any portion of the recordings.

(3) Recordings of school activities shall be subject to privacy and confidentiality

requirements as provided in this chapter.