CFR > Title 34 - Education > SUBTITLE B—Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education > CHAPTER III—OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (parts 300 to 397) > PART 300—ASSISTANCE TO STATES FOR THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES > SUBPART F—Monitoring, Enforcement, Confidentiality, and Program Information (§300.600 to §300.646) > 300.620—Result of hearing.

300.620—Result of hearing.

(a) If, as a result of the hearing, the agency decides that the information is inaccurate, misleading or otherwise in violation of the privacy or other rights of the child, it must amend the information accordingly and so inform the parent in writing.
(b) If, as a result of the hearing, the agency decides that the information is not inaccurate, misleading, or otherwise in violation of the privacy or other rights of the child, it must inform the parent of the parent's right to place in the records the agency maintains on the child a statement commenting on the information or setting forth any reasons for disagreeing with the decision of the agency.
(c) Any explanation placed in the records of the child under this section must—
(1) Be maintained by the agency as part of the records of the child as long as the record or contested portion is maintained by the agency; and
(2) If the records of the child or the contested portion is disclosed by the agency to any party, the explanation must also be disclosed to the party.

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(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1412(a)(8) ; 1417(c))