Federal Autism Activities: Funding for Research Has Increased, But Agencies Need to Resolve Surveillance Challenges : Report to Majority Leader, U.S. Senate |
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Page 41 - Student records" means those records, files, documents, and other materials which contain information directly related to a student and which are maintained by an educational institution, or by a person acting for that institution. The term does not include: (1) Records of any educational personnel which are in the sole possession of the maker and which are not accessible or revealed to any other person except a substitute.
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Page 31 - ... research under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give priority to conducting research on the development of tests that are suitable for inspections of food at ports of entry into the United States. (3) In providing for research under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall as appropriate coordinate with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Director of the National Institutes of Health, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Secretary of Agriculture....
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Page 41 - ... charged for copies; and (iv) A list of the types and locations of education records maintained by the agency or institution, and the titles and addresses of the officials responsible for the records; (3) A statement that personally identifiable information will not be released from an education record without the prior written consent of the parent or eligible student, except under one or more of the conditions described in...
Page 24 - Medicaid requirements, including (1) statewideness, which requires that services be available throughout the state; (2) comparability, which requires that all services be available to all eligible individuals; and (3) income and resource rules, which require states to use a single income and resource standard when determining eligibility for Medicaid, with the exception of institutional care. A waiver of...