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2012 SESSION


CHAPTER 382
An Act to amend and reenact § 23-2.1:3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to student records; mental health.
[H 852]
Approved March 23, 2012

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 23-2.1:3 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 23-2.1:3. Student records.

Each public and private institution of higher education may require that any student accepted to and who has committed to attend, or is attending, such institution provide, to the extent available, from the originating secondary school and, if applicable, any institution of higher education he has attended a complete student record, including any mental health records held by the school. These records shall be kept confidential as required by state and federal law, including the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g.