ABSTRACT

After an introductory legal framework based on the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, this article canvasses the court decisions concerning liability for disclosures of confidential information about students with disabilities. The relatively few court decisions illustrate the wide variety of disclosures, including (a) those to the media, other students, and private providers; (b) the range of federal and state bases, such as Section 1983 civil rights claims based on the constitutional right to privacy; and (c) the judicial outcomes of these claims, which have been strongly skewed in favor of the school side, especially for the institutional rather than individual defendants. Yet, other compelling interests, including the need for educational environment that values human dignity and psychological safety, merit higher consideration in terms of prudent professional policies and practices.

摘要

根据基于《家庭教育权利和隐私权法》的介绍性法律框架，本文探讨了法院关于披露有关残疾学生机密信息的责任的裁决。法院判决相对较少，说明了各种各样的披露，包括（a）向媒体，其他学生和私人提供者披露的信息；（b）联邦和州的基础范围，例如根据宪法隐私权提出的1983年公民权利主张；（c）这些主张的司法结果，强烈偏向学校方面，特别是对于机构而非个人被告。但是，还有其他令人信服的利益，包括需要重视人的尊严和心理安全的教育环境，