---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 99.11"
title: "34"
number: "99.11"
heading: "May an educational agency or institution charge a fee for copies of education records?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/99.11"
---

# §99.11. May an educational agency or institution charge a fee for copies of education records?

- (a) Unless the imposition of a fee effectively prevents a parent or eligible student from exercising the right to inspect and review the student's education records, an educational agency or institution may charge a fee for a copy of an education record which is made for the parent or eligible student.
- (b) An educational agency or institution may not charge a fee to search for or to retrieve the education records of a student.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1232g, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 11943, Apr. 11, 1988, unless otherwise noted.