Except under special circumstances, student records should not be released without the written consent of the student. Check the Student Advising Report to determine whether the student authorized release of ASSET or COMPASS data. Federal law recognizes that student educational records may be released, without prior consent of the student, under the following circumstances or to the following individuals:

1. to other officials, including teachers with the college who have been determined by the college to have legitimate education interest;
   
2. to officials of other schools or school systems in which the student seeks or intends to enroll;
   
3. to authorized representatives of the Comptroller General of the United States, the Secretary of Education, the U.S. Commissioner of Education, the Director of the National Institute of Education, the Assistant Secretary for Education, and Arkansas State educational authorities;
   
4. in connection with a student's application for, or receipt of, financial aid, provided that such disclosure is necessary to determine eligibility, amount, conditions or enforcement of terms or conditions of the financial aid;
   
5. to state and local officials or authorities to which such information is specifically required to be reported or disclosed pursuant to State statute adopted prior to November 19, 1974;
   
6. to organizations conducting studies for or on behalf of educational agencies or institutions for the purpose of developing, validating, or administering predictive tests, administering student financial aid programs, and improving instruction, if such studies are conducted in such a manner as will not permit the personal identification of students and their parents by persons other than representatives of such organizations and such information will be destroyed when no longer needed for the purpose for which it is conducted;
   
7. to accrediting organizations in order to carry out their accrediting function;
   
8. to parents of a dependent student of such parents, as defined in Section 152 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, provided that such dependent status is required to be affirmed in affidavit form submitted by said parents; or
   
9. to comply with a judicial order, or lawfully issued subpoena, upon condition that the college makes a reasonable effort to notify the student of the order of the subpoena in advance of compliance therewith.