STUDENT HANDBOOK - Hunterdon Central Regional High School

Student Assistance Program
The Student Assistance Program addresses concerns about
addictions. Prevention programs, early identification of high risk
students, and intervention services are means of addressing
alcohol and drug use as well as other addictions and their related
behaviors. The counselors provide confidential counseling and help
students and their families find appropriate rehabilitation and
treatment facilities when required. Referrals can be made by the
students themselves, staff, parents or other concerned individuals
and should be directed to one of the student assistance counselors,
whose names and numbers appear in the General Information
section of this handbook.
Student Records
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974
(FERPA) is a federal law regarding the privacy of student records
and the obligations of the institution, primarily in the areas of
release of the records and the access provided to these records.
The New Jersey Department of Education regulations (N.J.A.C.
6:3-6.1 and N.J.S.A. 18A:36-1a and 25-1 et seq.) have
incorporated the requirements of FERPA. FERPA generally
protects privacy rights with respect to "education records."
"Education records" are records that contain information directly
related to a student and that are maintained by an educational
agency or institution or by a party acting for the agency or
institution. 34 CFR § 99.3 "Education records." The rights afforded
under FERPA rest with a student's parents until the student
reaches the age of 18 or attends an institution of postsecondary
education. 34 CFR §§ 99.3 "Eligible student" and 99.5(a).
Generally, in order to disclose information from student education
records, a parent or eligible student must provide his or her prior
written consent. FERPA’s consent provisions require a specification
of 1) the records that may be disclosed; 2) the purpose of the
disclosure; and 3) the identity of the party or class of parties to
whom the records may be disclosed. 34 CFR § 99.30. According to
FERPA, personally identifiable information in an education record
may not be released without prior written consent from the student
unless the district has been instructed by law or court to do
otherwise. However, FERPA has specifically identified certain
information called directory information that may be disclosed
without student consent. According to FERPA, a student can
request that the institution not release directory information about
him/her. Institutions must comply with this request, once received, if
the student is still enrolled. Upon graduation or permanent
departure of pupil from the district, the parent or adult pupil is
hereby notified that a copy of the entire record is available upon
request. Once information is no longer necessary to provide
educational services to the pupil, that information will be destroyed,
unless a request is received by July 15 th of the year of departure. A
permanent transcript and attendance record will be kept in