KRS 164.283: Student academic records confidential -- Exceptions.

(1) As used in this section unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Academic" means a student's official record of academic performance,

including, but not limited to transcript of grades or other action taken by the

institution directly related to academi c performance. The term "academic"

does not include any nonacademically-related action the institution may take.

(b) "Universities and colleges" means all state supported postsecondary

educational institutions in Kentucky.

(c) "Institution" means all publi c supported institutions of higher learning in

Kentucky.

(2) All student academic records shall be confidential and shall not require a student's

Social Security number to identify the student, with the exception of the exemptions

stated in subsections (3) to (9) of this section, and shall not be released by any

public supported institution of higher education in Kentucky, to any person,

organization, institution, group, or agency, except with the express consent of the

individual student. This confidentiality shall apply only to student academic records,

including, but not limited to, official transcript of grades.

(3) All student academic records shall be made available upon request to any agency of

the federal or state government for the purpose of determ ining a student's eligibility

for military service and shall include making such records available to local draft

boards. This authority shall be limited only to determining the student's eligibility

for military service and shall not be extended, except w ith the individual student's

consent as specified in subsection (2) of this section.

(4) Any institution may provide the legal parents of any student under twenty -one (21)

years of age with a copy of the student's academic record.

(5) All student academic records shall be made available to any federal, state, or local

law enforcement agency, the Department of Juvenile Justice, and any court of law

upon written request.

(6) All student academic records shall be made available upon request to any grantor of

scholarships or loans based upon the maintenance of a satisfactory level of

scholarship, but shall be for the official use of the grantors only.

(7) All student academic records shall be made available upon request to a public or

private junior college from which the individual student was graduated or to a

public or private secondary school from which the individual student was

graduated.

(8) All student academic records shall be made available upon request to the Council

on Postsecondary Education for professional academic research.

(9) All student academic records shall be made available upon request to any official of

the university or college in which the student is enrolled who is directly concerned

with the student's academic progress. This authority s hall include but is not limited

to the individual student's academic adviser.

(10) This section shall be applicable to all academic records maintained by all public

postsecondary educational institutions in Kentucky.