34 CFR 99.30 : Education (Parts 1-2 To Parts 1201-1299) — (Parts 1-2 To § 299.12) — Office Of The Secretary, Department Of Education (Parts 1-2 To Appendix A To Part 99) — (Parts 1-2 To Appendix A To Part 99) — Family Educational Rights And Privacy (§ 99.1 To Appendix A To Part 99) — May An Educational Agency Or Institution Disclose Personally Identifiable Information From Education Records? (§ 99.30 To § 99.39) — Under what conditions is prior consent required to disclose information?

(a) The parent or eligible student shall provide a signed and dated written consent before an educational agency or institution discloses personally identifiable information from the student's education records, except as provided in § 99.31.

(b) The written consent must:

(1) Specify the records that may be disclosed;

(2) State the purpose of the disclosure; and

(3) Identify the party or class of parties to whom the disclosure may be made.

(c) When a disclosure is made under paragraph (a) of this section:

(1) If a parent or eligible student so requests, the educational agency or institution shall provide him or her with a copy of the records disclosed; and

(2) If the parent of a student who is not an eligible student so requests, the agency or institution shall provide the student with a copy of the records disclosed.

(d) “Signed and dated written consent” under this part may include a record and signature in electronic form that -

(1) Identifies and authenticates a particular person as the source of the electronic consent; and

(2) Indicates such person's approval of the information contained in the electronic consent.