WAC 172-191-020   Definitions.  The following definitions shall apply in interpreting these regulations:

     "Attendance" includes, but is not limited to:

     (a) Attendance in person or by paper correspondence, video conference, satellite, internet, or other electronic information and telecommunications technologies for students who are not physically present in the classroom; and

     (b) The period during which a person is working under a work-study program.

     "Biometric record" as used in the definition of personally identifiable information, means a record of one or more measurable biological or behavioral characteristics that can be used for automated recognition of an individual. Examples include fingerprints; retina and iris patterns; voiceprints; DNA sequence; facial characteristics; and handwriting.

     "Education record" is defined as any record maintained by the institution or by a person acting for the institution that is directly related to the student.

     (a) Education records include, but are not limited to:

     (i) Official transcripts of courses taken and grades received; records relating to prior educational experience; and admission records;

     (ii) Tuition and payment records;

     (iii) Student disciplinary records;

     (iv) Course records (e.g., examinations, term papers, essays, etc.); and

     (v) Employment records based on student status are part of the student's education record (e.g., workstudy and graduate assistant teaching).

     (b) Education records do not include the following:

     (i) Records that are in the sole possession of the maker and are not accessible or revealed to any other person except a temporary substitute for the maker of the record (e.g., private advising notes);

     (ii) Law enforcement records created by Eastern Washington University campus police for the purposes of law enforcement, except that records created by another university department remain education records while in the possession of university police;

     (iii) Employment records that are maintained in the normal course of business relating exclusively to the individual in that person's capacity as an employee and are not available for any other purpose;

     (iv) Health care records on a student that are created or maintained by a health care provider or health care facility, including, but not limited to, a physician, psychiatrist, psychologist or paraprofessional acting in a professional capacity or assisting in connection with the treatment of the student and disclosed only to those individuals providing treatment or a health care provider of the student's choice (see also chapter 70.02 RCW);

     (v) Records that only contain information about an individual after he or she is no longer a student at that agency or institution and that are not directly related to the individual's attendance as a student (e.g., alumni records); and

     (vi) Grades on peer-graded papers before they are collected and recorded by a faculty member.

     "Parent" is defined as a parent of a student and includes a natural parent, a guardian, or an individual acting as a parent in the absence of a parent or a guardian.

     "Personally identifiable information" includes, but is not limited to, the student's name; the name of the student's parent or other family member; the address of the student or student's family; a personal identifier such as the student's Social Security number or student number; student's date of birth, student's place of birth, student's mother's maiden name; biometric record, or other information that alone or in combination, is linked or linkable to a specific student that would allow a reasonable person in the school community, who does not have personal knowledge of the relevant circumstances, to identify the student with reasonable certainty; or information requested by a person who the university reasonably believes knows the identity of the student to whom the education record relates.

     "Record" means any information recorded in any way, including, but not limited to, handwriting, print, computer media, video or audio tape, film, microfilm, and microfiche.

     "Student" is defined as any person who is or has been in attendance at Eastern Washington University for whom the university maintains educational records.

     "Student net ID" means a unique identifier that allows students to use the university network domain.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.35.120(12). 09-19-064, § 172-191-020, filed 9/14/09, effective 10/15/09.]