---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 5.10"
title: "34"
number: "5.10"
heading: "Public reading room."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/5.10"
---

# §5.10. Public reading room.

- (a) **Electronic inspection.**
  - (1) Pursuant to [5 U.S.C. 552(a)(2)](/usc/5/552.md?p=a-2), the Department makes available for public inspection in an electronic format the following records created on or after November 1, 1996:
    - (i) Final opinions and orders in adjudications;
    - (ii) Statements of policy and interpretations adopted by the Department and not published in the Federal Register;
    - (iii) Administrative staff manuals and instructions affecting the public; and
    - (iv) Copies of all agency records regardless of form or format released to the public pursuant to a FOIA request that the Department determines are likely to be the subject of future FOIA requests or have been requested three or more times.
  - (2) The Department currently makes the agency records described in [paragraph (a)(1)](#a-1) of this section available for public inspection in an electronic format through its electronic reading room located on the Department's FOIA website at http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/foia/readingroom.html.
- (b) **Public reading room.** The Department may maintain a public reading room containing the agency records described in [paragraph (a)(1)](#a-1) of this section. The Department's public reading room is currently located at the National Library of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Plaza Level (Level B), Washington, DC 20202-0008. To visit the public reading room, members of the public can contact the Department's FOIA Service Center via email at EDFOIAManager@ed.gov.
- (c) **Hard copies.** For any agency records that are not made available for public inspection in the Federal Register or pursuant to [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, the Department will, upon request, provide hard copies in accordance with [5 U.S.C. 552(a)(3)](/usc/5/552.md?p=a-3).

## Notes

### Amendments

[75 FR 33510, June 14, 2010, as amended at 84 FR 67867, Dec. 12, 2019]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552, 20 U.S.C. 1221e-3, and 20 U.S.C. 3474.

### Source

Source: 75 FR 33510, June 14, 2010, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[75 FR 33510, June 14, 2010, as amended at 84 FR 67867, Dec. 12, 2019]