Guam § 4113 - Curriculum, Testing, Pupil Records, Rights of Parents and Guardians.

§ 4113. Curriculum, Testing, Pupil Records, Rights of Parents and Guardians.

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(1) Since it is the responsibility of parents and guardians to provide for and insure the health,

education and general well-being of their children, this Section affirms and defines the rights of parents

or guardians to decide through their representative, what the pupils learn and how they are taught.

(2) The provisions of this Section are designed to define the roles and responsibilities of parents,

guardians, teachers, school personnel and schools; to provide for better cooperation between parents

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and the school system; and to encourage mutual understanding and confidence in an effort to secure a

better education for all children enrolled in the public schools of Guam.

(3) A child may not be placed in an experimental or pilot program without the prior knowledge

and written consent of the parent or guardian. All instructional materials, which will be used shall be

made available to parents on request prior to the child’s being placed in such program.

(4) Parents may view all instructional materials upon reasonable request.

(5) Employees of a school may not require proof of registration to vote or party affiliation as a

prerequisite for obtaining a grade or enrollment in a class.

(b) Pupils may be tested only for proficiency in basic skills and academic subject matter without the

need of parental permission. Any testing pertaining to pupil attitudes, parent attitudes or personal

information pertaining to the pupil and his family, or as concerns their habits or values, including

personality inventories, value appraisals, psychological inventories (which include intelligence testing for

academic changes), or individually-administered intelligence tests shall be given only after receiving

written parental permission. Test results shall be made available to a parent or guardian upon request.

(c) A parent or legal guardian is entitled to inspect a student’s entire accumulative folder by

appointment. At the time of such inspection it shall be the responsibility of the guidance counselor to be

present and to prevent misinterpretation of the records and to answer questions. Access to the permanent

accumulative folder is limited to the student, his parents or legal guardian and appropriate school personnel

except when the student, parent or legal guardian gives written permission to allow other persons access or

when a court subpoenas such accumulative folder. The accumulative folder should be open to challenge by

the student and/or parent or legal guardian, but this right of question does not of itself imply an obligation

upon school personnel to make changes in the accumulative folder. Each student also has the right to

respond to material in his folder and to have such response filed in said folder.

(d) It shall be standard practice to inform parents in instances when their child has been referred for

counseling in areas of social, emotional, mental or personal problems. An exception shall be made when a

student seeks out help on his own initiative or when the student requests confidentiality.