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Alaska — AS 14.03.110 and AS 14.03.115: school questionnaires and surveys; parent access to school records
Two sections of AS 14.03 (Public Schools Generally) in full: the parental-permission, notice and review requirements for a questionnaire or survey administered in a public school, and the district's duty to provide a copy of a child's record to a parent, foster parent or guardian.
AS 14.03.110. Questionnaires and surveys administered in public schools
- (a) A school district, principal or other person in charge of a public school, or teacher in a public school may not administer or permit to be administered in a school a questionnaire or survey, whether anonymous or not, that inquires into personal or private family affairs of the student not a matter of public record or subject to public observation unless written permission is obtained from the student's parent or legal guardian.
- (b) For an anonymous questionnaire or survey, written permission required under (a) of this section may be obtained annually and is valid until the commencement of the subsequent school year or until the parent or legal guardian who gave permission submits a written withdrawal of permission to the school principal. The school shall provide each student's parent or legal guardian at least two weeks' notice before administering a questionnaire or survey described under this subsection.
- (c) If a school administers to a student a questionnaire or survey that is not anonymous, the school shall obtain the written permission required under (a) of this section from the student's parent or legal guardian at least two weeks before the questionnaire or survey is administered.
- (d) The school shall give a student's parent or guardian an opportunity to review the questionnaire or survey described under (b) or (c) of this section and shall give the parent or guardian written notice regarding
- (e) A student may refuse to participate in a questionnaire or survey administered in a public school. A student's parent or legal guardian may refuse to allow the student to participate in a specified questionnaire or survey.
- (f) In this section, “questionnaire or survey” means a list of questions to, or information collected from, a class or group of students.
AS 14.03.115. Access to school records by parent, foster parent, or guardian
Upon request of a parent, foster parent, or guardian of a child under 18 years of age who is currently or was previously enrolled in a municipal school district or a school district that is a regional educational attendance area, the school district shall provide a copy of the child's record. This section does not apply to
- (1) a record of a child who is an emancipated minor; or
- (2) record information that consists of the child's address if the school district determines that the release of the child's address poses a threat to the health or safety of the child.