Opinion No. (1985)

Dear Honorable Cullison,

The Attorney General has received your request for an official opinion asking, in effect:

What effect, if any, do the provisions of the Family Educational and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C.A. 1232g, commonly called the Buckley Amendment, have on the requirement of 51 O.S. 24A.16(B) (1985), that directory information, if kept by a school district, shall be open for inspection and copying to the public?

On November 1, 1985, the "Oklahoma Open Records Act," codified at 51 O.S. 24A.1 et seq. (1985), became effective. Your question concerns 51 O.S. 24A.16(B) (1985). This statute…