Columbia-Greene Community College affirms the right of students to know what records are maintained about them and the type of information such records contain. No entry or document will be placed in a student’s record without notice to the student, with the exception of published grades, announcements of honors, and documents or entries supplied by or at the request of the student. In general, students’ access to their records will be limited only by reasonable regulations as to time, place and supervision.
“Students records” include files, documents, and other material maintained by officials of the college that contains information directly related to a student. Students will not, however, be allowed to inspect the following records, except as noted below:
- Letters of recommendation that have been obtained under a waiver of inspection rights.
- Records made by administrators and faculty at Columbia-Greene Community College for their own use and not shown to others.
- Financial information furnished by parents, on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Students will be allowed to review such information if written authorization is provided by their parents.
Education Law, 224-a
(As amended by Laws of 1992, Chapter 278) 224-a. Students unable to register or attend classes on certain days because of religious beliefs.
- No person shall be expelled from or be refused admission as a student to an institution of higher education for the reason that he or she is unable, because of his or her religious beliefs, to register or attend classes or to participate in any examination, study, or work requirements on a particular day or days.
- Any student in an institution of higher education who is unable, because of his or her religious beliefs, to attend classes on a particular day or days shall, because of such absence on the particular day or days, be excused from any examination or any study or work requirements.
- It shall be the responsibility of the faculty and of the administrative officials of each institution of higher education to make available to each student who is absent from school, because of his or her religious beliefs, an equivalent opportunity to register for classes or make up any examination, study or work requirements that he or she may have missed because of such absence on any particular day or days. No fees of any kind shall be charged by the institution for making available to the said student such equivalent opportunity.
- If registration, classes, examinations, study, or work requirements are held on a Friday, after four o’clock post meridian or on Saturday, similar or makeup classes, examinations, study, or work requirements or opportunity to register shall be made available on other days, where it is possible and practicable to do so. No special fees shall be charged to the student for these classes, examinations, study, or work requirements or registration held on other days.
- In effectuating the provision of this section, it shall be the duty of the faculty and of the administrative officials of each institution of higher education to exerITe the fullest measure of good faith. No adverse or prejudicial effects shall result to any student because of his or her availing himself or herself to the provisions of this section.
- Any student who is aggrieved by the alleged failure of any faculty or administrative officials to comply in good faith with the provisions of this section, shall be entitled to maintain an action or proceeding in the supreme court of the county in which such institution of higher education is located for the enforcement of his or her rights under this section. 6-a. It shall be the responsibility of the administrative officials of each institution of higher education to give written notice to students of their rights under this section, informing them that each student who is absent from school, because of his or her religious beliefs, must be given an equivalent opportunity to register for classes or make up any examinations, study, or work requirements that he or she may have missed because of such absence on any particular day or days. No fees of any kind shall be charged by the institution for making available to such student such equivalent opportunity.
- As used in this section, the term “institution of higher education” shall mean any institution of higher education, recognized and approved by the Regents of the University of the State of New York, which provides a course of study leading to the granting of a post-secondary degree or diploma. Such term shall not include any institution that is operated, supervised, or controlled by a church or by a religious or denominational organization whose educational programs are principally designed for the purpose of training ministers or other religious functionaries or for the purpose of propagating religious doctrines. As used in this section, the term “religious belief” shall mean beliefs associated with any corporation organized and operated exclusively for religious purposes, which is not disqualified for tax exemption under section 501 of the United States Code.
This institution is required by Federal law and agency regulations (see 45 CFR 80.6(b) to furnish aggregate statistical reports to the Federal Government identifying the student body by racial/ethnic category and sex. Under Federal guidelines, self-identification may be used. Although self-identification is preferred, an institutional assignment will be made if this is left blank. Persons not known to the staff will be included with “white, non-Hispanic” as a statistical default to the majority group. Federal guidelines make no provisions for reporting persons whose racial/ethnic identity or sex is unknown.
Contact persons:
Jon Coller-Takahashi
Phone: (518) 697-6420