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OWASSO INDEP. SCH. DIST. v. FALVO, KRISTJA, ETC., ET AL. (20586)

    Order dated: 03/05/01
    Docket number: 00-1073
    Action:
        The Solicitor General is invited to file briefs in these cases expressing the views of the United States.

OWASSO INDEP. SCH. DIST. v. FALVO, KRISTJA, ETC., ET AL. (20586)

    Order dated: 06/25/01
    Docket number: 00-1073
    Action:
        The petitions for writs of certiorari are granted.

OWASSO INDEP. SCH. DIST. v. FALVO, KRISTJA, ETC., ET AL. (20586)

    Order dated: 11/21/01
    Docket number: 00-1073
    Action:
        The motions of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument are granted.

A description of the questions presented by the case has been prepared:

Whether the Family Education Right and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. 1232 g, which requires educational institutions to preserve the confidentiality of education records, which are defined as those records, files documents, and other materials which -(I) contain information directly related to a student; and (ii) are maintained by an educational agency or institution or by a person acting for such agency or institution, 1232g(a) (4) (A), prohibits public school teachers of pre-secondary school students form utilizing their students to grade each other's homework papers, quizzes, and test by having the students exchange papers and mark he correct and incorrect answers thereon as the teacher goes over the answers aloud in class.

An opinion has been handed down: