Section 34A. Any person operating or maintaining an educational institution within the commonwealth shall, upon request of any student or former student thereof, furnish to him a written transcript of his record as a student. There shall be no charge for any transcript originally furnished by any such person hereunder, but for any duplicate or additional transcript furnished hereunder a charge of not exceeding one dollar for each page, but not exceeding five dollars for an entire transcript, may be made by such person.