HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                      2605

Approved May 28, 1985.

CHAPTER 507

(Senate Bill 104)

AN ACT concerning

Education - Private School Records

FOR the purpose of requiring certain student records: to be filed
with the State Superintendent by certain private schools
educational institutions prior to ending operations;
clarifying storage requirements for certain student records;
and generally relating to private the secondary school
records of certain educational institutions.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Education

Section 2-304

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1978 Volume and 1984 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Education

2-304.

(a) [In this section, "noncollegiate educational
institution" means a school or other institution that offers an
educational program but is not an institution of postsecondary
education, as defined in § 12-201 of this article.

(b)] (1) Before a private [noncollegiate educational
institution] SCHOOL THAT PROVIDES INSTRUCTION FOR PUPILS IN ANY
COMBINATION OF GRADES 9 THROUGH 12 OR THEIR EQUIVALENTS, AND that
operates in this State ends operations, including those operated
by bona fide church organizations, the chief administrative
officer of the [institution] SCHOOL shall file with the State
Superintendent the original or a legible copy of all essential
records of the academic achievements of each former student of
the [institution] SCHOOL WHO RECEIVED INSTRUCTION IN ANY
COMBINATION OF GRADES 9 THROUGH 12 OR THEIR EQUIVALENTS.

(2) These records shall be prepared to present as a
separate document the academic record of each former student and
the academic information that customarily is required by