20 USC § 7221g - Records transfer

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s7221g"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 7221g - Records transfer"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "7221g"
section_name: "Records transfer"
chapter_number: 70
chapter_name: "STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "21ST CENTURY SCHOOLS"
part_number: "C"
part_name: "Expanding Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–10, title IV, § 4308, formerly title V, § 5208, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title V, § 501, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1798; amended Pub. L. 108–446, title III, § 305(g)(2), Dec. 3, 2004, 118 Stat. 2805; renumbered title IV, § 4308, and amended Pub. L. 114–95, title IV, §§ 4001(b)(2)(A), (B), (D)(iii), 4301(3), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 1967, 2012.)"
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# § 7221g. Records transfer

section 1401 of this title

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 , 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.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–10, title IV, § 4308, formerly title V, § 5208, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title V, § 501, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1798; amended Pub. L. 108–446, title III, § 305(g)(2), Dec. 3, 2004, 118 Stat. 2805; renumbered title IV, § 4308, and amended Pub. L. 114–95, title IV, §§ 4001(b)(2)(A), (B), (D)(iii), 4301(3), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 1967, 2012.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2015—, inserted “as quickly as possible and” before “to the extent practicable”.

2004— substituted “section 1401” for “section 1401(11)”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2015 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see , set out as a note under .