Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 34D (2026)

Student records; maintenance, storage, destruction, etc.; inspection by parent or guardian

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Section 34D. The board of education shall adopt regulations relative to the maintenance, retention, duplication, storage and periodic destruction of student records by the public elementary and secondary schools of the commonwealth. Such rules and regulations shall provide that a parent or guardian of any pupil shall be allowed to inspect academic, scholastic, or any other records concerning such pupil which are kept or are required to be kept.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2001–2025 · leading case: Champa v. Weston Pub. Schs., 39 N.E.3d 435 (Mass. 2015).

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Champa v. Weston Pub. Schs., 39 N.E.3d 435 (Mass. 2015). · cites it 3× “In Massachusetts, the disclosure of information about public school students is governed in part by FERPA, and the Massachusetts student records law, G. L. c. 71, § 34D, and its implementing regulations, 603 Code Mass.”

Commonwealth v. Buccella, 751 N.E.2d 373 (Mass. 2001). · cites it 2× “2 See 603 Code Mass. Regs. § 23.00 (1995). The purpose of these regulations is “to insure parents’ and students’ rights of confidentiality, inspection, amendment, and destruction of student records and to assist local school systems in adhering to the law.”

City of Boston Sch. Comm. v. Boston Teachers Union, Local 66, 22 Mass. L. Rptr. 15 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2006). · cites it 3× “§1232g, G.L.c. 71, §34D, G.L.c. 214, §1B) prohibit disclosure of un-redacted student witness statements during teacher disciplinary proceedings, and that adherence to the arbitrator’s award would cause the School Committee to violate these statutes.”

Colman M. Herman v. City of Boston, Boston Pub. Schs. & Mary Skipper, in Her Capacity as Superintendent of Schs. (Mass. Super. Ct. 2025). “§ 99, and the Massachusetts Student Records Law ("SRL"), G.L. c. 71, § 34D and 603 Code Mass. Regs.”

Adam James Bradley v. Records Access Officer, Dep't of State Police., 100 Mass. App. Ct. 46 (Mass. App. Ct. 2021). “66A, § 2 (i) & (j); the student records law, G. L. c. 71, § 34D, as implemented by 603 Code Mass.”

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