What’s in the File?

The need to obtain school student records may arise in everything from dissolution of marriage proceedings to general civil litigation and administrative proceedings, such as grievance proceedings involving school staff, observes Christian Ketter in his December Illinois Bar Journal article, “What’s in the File?” But Ketter notes the Illinois School Student Records Act ensures that a student’s individually identifiable information remains insulated from those contexts. There are noncontentious contexts in which the Act also applies, such as seeking research, statistical reporting, or planning purposes. Ketter shows how knowing in advance how to navigate the Act will help practitioners preemptively gauge whether materials are obtainable and in what form, if at all.

Read the December Illinois Bar Journal’s article, "What's in the File?"