Legal Opinion
Champa v. Weston Public Schools
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 23, 2015No. SJC 11838PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBotsford, J.
In this case, the question presented is whether settlement agreements between a public school and the parents of a public school student who requires special education services are “public records” or exempt from disclosure. We conclude that the settlement agreements, regarding placement of students in out-of-district private educational institutions, are exempt from the definition of “public records” in G. L. c. 4, § 7, Twenty-sixth. The agreements qualify as “education records” under 20 U.S.C. § 1232g (2012 & Supp. II 2014), known as the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA),…
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