---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 300.611"
title: "34"
number: "300.611"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/300.611"
---

# §300.611. Definitions.


As used in [§§ 300.611 through 300.625](/cfr/34/300.611..300.625.md)—

- (a) Destruction means physical destruction or removal of personal identifiers from information so that the information is no longer personally identifiable.
- (b) Education records means the type of records covered under the definition of “education records” in [34 CFR part 99](/cfr/34/part99.md) (the regulations implementing the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, [20 U.S.C. 1232g (FERPA)](/usc/20/1232g.md?p=FERPA)).
- (c) Participating agency means any agency or institution that collects, maintains, or uses personally identifiable information, or from which information is obtained, under Part B of the Act.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1221e-3, 1406, 1411-1419, and 3474; Pub. L. 111-256, 124 Stat. 2643; unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 71 FR 46753, Aug. 14, 2006, unless otherwise noted.