(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, each school district, as required under section 24-72-204 (3), C.R.S., shall maintain the confidentiality of the addresses and telephone numbers of students enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools within the school district and any medical, psychological, sociological, and scholastic achievement data collected concerning individual students.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, the address and telephone number and any medical, psychological, sociological, and scholastic achievement data concerning any student are released only under the following conditions:
As provided in section 24-72-204 (3), C.R.S.;
To district or municipal court personnel, the division of youth services, county departments of human or social services, the youthful offender system, and any other juvenile justice agency within fifteen days after receipt by the school district of a court order authorizing release of such information.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, either the principal of a school, or such principal's designee, or, if the student is enrolled in a public school, the superintendent of a school district in which the student is enrolled, or such superintendent's designee, shall provide attendance and disciplinary records to a criminal justice agency pursuant to the provisions of section 19-1-303 (2), C.R.S.
Source: L. 96: Entire section added, p. 1683, § 9, effective January 1, 1997. L. 2000: (1) amended and (3) added, p. 321, § 10, effective April 7. L. 2017: IP(2) and (2)(b) amended, (HB 17-1329), ch. 381, p. 1980, § 49, effective June 6. L. 2018: (2)(b) amended, (SB 18-092), ch. 38, p. 438, § 91, effective August 8.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in SB 18-092, see section 1 of chapter 38, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.