H.B. 310

This document includes House Committee Amendments incorporated into the bill on Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 1:28 PM by jeyring. --> 1

TRANSFER OF STUDENT RECORDS
2 2007 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Chief Sponsor: Tim M. Cosgrove
5 Senate Sponsor: Patricia W. Jones
6
7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill modifies the requirements of schools relating to transfer students' records.
10 Highlighted Provisions:
11 This bill:
12 . requires a school that has been requested to forward a copy of a transferring
13 student's record to the new school to comply within 30 days of the request; and
14 . makes technical corrections.
15 Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
16 None
17 Other Special Clauses:
18 None
19 Utah Code Sections Affected:
20 AMENDS:
21 53A-11-504, as last amended by Chapter 234, Laws of Utah 1993
22
23 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
24 Section 1. Section 53A-11-504 is amended to read:
25 53A-11-504. Requirement of school record for transfer of student -- Procedures.
26 (1) Within 14 days after enrolling a transfer student, a school shall request, directly
27 from the student's previous school, a certified copy of his record.

28 [(2) The requesting school shall exercise due diligence in obtaining that record.]
29 [(3)] (2) Any school requested to forward a copy of a transferring student's record to
30 the new school shall comply within 30 H. school .H days of the request unless the record
30a has been flagged
31 pursuant to Section 53A-11-502 , in which case the copy [shall] may not be forwarded and the
32 requested school shall notify the division of the request.




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