STUDENT RECORD AMENDMENT REGULATION
For information only: Made by the Minister of Education (M.O. 13/2024) on August
30, 2024 pursuant to section 56 of the Education Act.
1 The Student Record Regulation (AR 97/2019) is amended
by this Regulation.
2 Section 7(1) is amended by striking out "only".
3 The following is added after section 9:
Disclosure of student records in the Minister's control
9.1(1) Where a student record has been transferred to the Minister
under section 9(b), the Minister may disclose the contents of the
student record
(a) to a person entitled to review a student record under section
56(3) of the Act,
(b) to an employee of the Crown employed in the Minister's
department if the contents of the student record are necessary
for the performance of the employee's duties,
(c) to a person appointed to conduct an investigation under
section 70 of the Act,
(d) with the written consent of
(i) the parent in the case of a child or a student who is
under 16 years of age, or
(ii) the student or the parent in the case of a student who is
16 years of age or older,
(e) in accordance with any other regulations under the Act, or
(f) in accordance with the Freedom of Information and
Protection of Privacy Act.
(2) A person entitled to review a student record under subsection
(1)(a) may submit a request for a copy of the student record, along
with any associated fee, to the Minister, and the Minister shall
provide a copy of the student record to the person.
(3) Where a student record has been transferred to the Minister
under section 9(b),
(a) if a student or child transfers from a school in Alberta to
another school in Alberta,
(i) the Minister may disclose the student record for the
student or child containing the information referred to in
section 2(1) and (4) to the board or the early childhood
services program private operator to which the student
or child transfers, and
(ii) the board or the early childhood services program
private operator to which the student or child transfers
may collect the student record for the student or child
containing the information referred to in section 2(1)
and (4),
(b) if the student record for a student or child who transfers from
a school in Alberta to another school in Alberta is not in
electronic form, the Minister must, on receipt of a written
request from the school to which the student or child
transfers, send the original student record for the student or
child containing the information referred to in section 2(1)
and (4) to that school, and
(c) if a student or child transfers to a school outside Alberta, the
Minister must, on receipt of a written request from the school
to which the student or child transfers, send a copy of the
student record for the student or child containing the
information referred to in section 2(1) and (4) to that school.
(4) The Minister must disclose information contained in a student
record to the Department of Justice or its designate when requested
by the Department or its designate for the purpose of administering
the Youth Justice Act or the Youth Criminal Justice Act (Canada) or
carrying out any program or policy under either of those Acts.
Updating of student records in the Minister's control
9.2 The Minister may update student records in the Minister's control
to
(a) contain all the information that must be contained in a
student record under section 2, and
(b) remove any information that must not be included in a
student record under section 3(1).
4 Section 12 is amended by striking out "August 31, 2024"
and substituting "August 31, 2028".
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