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<section article="ggp" article_name="General Provisions" number="4-313" title_number="4" title_name="Public Information Act" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Denials of Inspection">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section, a custodian shall deny inspection of a school district record about the home address, telephone number, personal e–mail address, biography, family, physiology, religion, academic achievement, or physical or mental ability of a student.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A custodian shall allow inspection by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the person in interest; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>an elected or appointed official who supervises the student.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A custodian may allow inspection of the home address, telephone number, or personal e–mail address of a student of a public school by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>an organization of parents, teachers, students, or former students, or any combination of those groups, of the school;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>an organization or a force of the military;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a person engaged by a school or board of education to confirm a home address or home telephone number;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>a representative of a community college in the State; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>the Maryland Higher Education Commission.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Maryland Higher Education Commission or a person, an organization, or a community college that obtains information under this subsection may not:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>use this information for a commercial purpose; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>disclose this information to another person, organization, or community college.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>When a custodian allows inspection under this subsection, the custodian shall notify the Maryland Higher Education Commission, person, organization, or community college of the prohibitions under paragraph (2) of this subsection regarding use and disclosure of this information.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
