Creation of Law Enforcement Units. Each school district shall consider designating, but is not required to designate, one or more law enforcement units for the district, as provided under the Federal law, FERPA (Family Education Rights Privacy Act), pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 1232g(a)(4)(ii) and 34 C.F.R. 99.8. Schools that designate one or more law enforcement units for the district shall comply with FERPA, pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 1232g(a)(4)(ii) and 34 C.F.R. 99.8, to ensure the security and privacy of school records. Pursuant to FERPA, if a school district designates one or more law enforcement units for the district, the records maintained by those units are not deemed to be student records or educational records [20 U.S.C. 1232g(a)(4)(B)(ii)] and may be voluntarily turned over to law enforcement without a subpoena.
