New Jersey § 18a:36-19

§ 18a:36-19.

The State Board of Education shall provide by regulation for the creation, maintenance

and retention of pupil records and for the security thereof and access thereto, to

provide general protection for the right of the pupil to be supplied with necessary

information about herself or himself, the right of the parent or guardian and the

adult pupil to be supplied with full information about the pupil, except as may be

inconsistent with reasonable protection of the persons involved, the right of both

pupil and parent or guardian to reasonable privacy as against other persons and the

opportunity for the public schools to have the data necessary to provide a thorough

and efficient educational system for all pupils. No liability shall attach to any member, officer or employee of any board of education

for the furnishing of any pupil records consistent with this act and the regulations

adopted hereunder.