Title 20, EducationRelease 119-102
§7221g Records Transfer
Title 20 › CHAPTER 70 — STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS › SUBCHAPTER IV — 21ST CENTURY SCHOOLS › Part C — Expanding Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools › § 7221g
Summary
State and local education agencies must, as soon as they can, send a student’s school records and any IEP (individualized education program) to a charter school when the student moves there, or to another public school when the student leaves a charter, following state law.
Full Legal Text
Title 20, §7221g
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State educational agencies and local educational agencies, as quickly as possible and to the extent practicable, shall ensure that a student’s records and, if applicable, a student’s individualized education program as defined in section 1401 of this title, are transferred to a charter school upon the transfer of the student to the charter school, and to another public school upon the transfer of the student from a charter school to another public school, in accordance with applicable State law.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2015—Pub. L. 114–95, § 4301(3), inserted “as quickly as possible and” before “to the extent practicable”. 2004—Pub. L. 108–446 substituted “section 1401” for “section 1401(11)”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2015 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 114–95 effective Dec. 10, 2015, except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see section 5 of Pub. L. 114–95, set out as a note under section 6301 of this title.
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Citation
20 U.S.C. § 7221g
Title 20, Education
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102