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TITLE 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION 33000-65001›DIVISION 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES 46000-65001›PART 27. PUPILS 48000-49703›CHAPTER 6.5. Pupil Records 49060-49085›ARTICLE 5. Privacy of Pupil Records 49073-49079.7

§ 49077

California Education Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) Information concerning a pupil shall be furnished in compliance with a court order or a lawfully issued subpoena. The school district shall make a reasonable effort to notify the pupil’s parent or legal guardian and the pupil in advance of compliance with a lawfully issued subpoena and, in the case of compliance with a court order, if lawfully possible within the requirements of the order.

(b) Once a court order or lawfully issued subpoena is issued to obtain a pupil’s contact information, the school district shall make a reasonable effort to enter into an agreement with the entity that obtained the court order or subpoena requiring that the pupil contact information be maintained in a confidential manner.

(c) Notwithstanding the content or existence of any agreement with a school district, a party that obtains pupil contact information pursuant to this section shall not use or disseminate that information for any purpose except as authorized by the court order or subpoena.

(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 497, Sec. 68. (AB 991) Effective January 1, 2020.)

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