---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 99.30"
title: "34"
number: "99.30"
heading: "Under what conditions is prior consent required to disclose information?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/99.30"
---

# §99.30. Under what conditions is prior consent required to disclose information?

- (a) The parent or eligible student shall provide a signed and dated written consent before an educational agency or institution discloses personally identifiable information from the student's education records, except as provided in [§ 99.31](/cfr/34/99.31.md).
- (b) **The written consent must—**
  - (1) Specify the records that may be disclosed;
  - (2) State the purpose of the disclosure; and
  - (3) Identify the party or class of parties to whom the disclosure may be made.
- (c) **When a disclosure is made under paragraph (a) of this section—**
  - (1) If a parent or eligible student so requests, the educational agency or institution shall provide him or her with a copy of the records disclosed; and
  - (2) If the parent of a student who is not an eligible student so requests, the agency or institution shall provide the student with a copy of the records disclosed.
- (d) “Signed and dated written consent” under this part may include a record and signature in electronic form that—
  - (1) Identifies and authenticates a particular person as the source of the electronic consent; and
  - (2) **Indicates such person's approval of the information contained in the electronic consent.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[53 FR 11943, Apr. 11, 1988, as amended at 58 FR 3189, Jan. 7, 1993; 69 FR 21671, Apr. 21, 2004]

### Authority

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

### Source

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

### Amendments

[53 FR 11943, Apr. 11, 1988, as amended at 58 FR 3189, Jan. 7, 1993; 69 FR 21671, Apr. 21, 2004]