# WAC 132D-125-020: WAC 132D-125-020. Definitions > Washington · Regulations · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_132D_125_020 ## Section - **Citation:** WAC 132D-125-020 - **Heading:** WAC 132D-125-020. Definitions - **Jurisdiction:** Washington - **Kind:** Regulations - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Washington Administrative Code / Title 132D / Chapter 132D-125 / Section 132D-125-020 ## Text For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the indicated meanings: (1) "Student" shall mean any person who is or has been officially registered at and attending Skagit Valley College and with respect to whom the college maintains education records or personally identifiable information. (2) "Education records" shall refer: (a) To those records, files, documents, and other materials maintained by Skagit Valley College or by a person acting for Skagit Valley College which contain information directly related to a student; (b) To records relating to an individual in attendance at the college who is employed as a result of his or her status as a student. However, records made and maintained by the college in the normal course of business which relate exclusively to a person's capacity as an employee are not education records. (3) The term "education records" does not include the following: (a) Records of instructional, supervisory, or administrative personnel and educational personnel ancillary thereto which are in the sole possession of the maker thereof and which are not accessible or revealed to any other person except a substitute; (b) Records of the college's department of safety and security, maintained solely for law enforcement purposes, disclosed only to law enforcement officials, and maintained separately from education records in subsection (2) of this section, but only if said law enforcement personnel do not have access to the records under WAC 132D-125-080 ; or e or revealed to any other person except a substitute; (b) Records of the college's department of safety and security, maintained solely for law enforcement purposes, disclosed only to law enforcement officials, and maintained separately from education records in subsection (2) of this section, but only if said law enforcement personnel do not have access to the records under WAC 132D-125-080 ; or (c) Records concerning a student which are created or maintained by a physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, or other recognized professional or paraprofessional acting in his or her professional or paraprofessional capacity, or assisting in that capacity, and which are created, maintained, or used only in connection with the provision of treatment to the student and are not available to anyone other than persons providing such treatment, except that such records may be personally reviewed by a physician or other appropriate professional of the student's choice. (4) "Personally identifiable information" shall refer to data or information which includes either: (a) The name of a student, the student's parent, or other family member; (b) The address of the student; (c) The address of the student's family; (d) A personal identifier, such as the student's Social Security number or student number; (e) A list of personal characteristics which would make it possible to identify the student with reasonable certainty; or (f) Other information which would make it possible to identify the student with reasonable certainty. (5) "Dean of administrative and student services" shall refer to the dean of administrative and student services or his or her designee. ## Nearby sections - [WAC 132D-125-010 WAC 132D-125-010. Purpose](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_132D_125_010.md) - [WAC 132D-125-020 WAC 132D-125-020. Definitions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_132D_125_020.md) - [WAC 132D-125-025 WAC 132D-125-025. Direction to college offices retaining student education records](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_132D_125_025.md) - [WAC 132D-125-030 WAC 132D-125-030. Access to education records](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_132D_125_030.md) - [WAC 132D-125-035 WAC 132D-125-035. Access to education records—Limitations on access](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_132D_125_035.md) - [WAC 132D-125-040 WAC 132D-125-040. Right to copy education records](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_132D_125_040.md) - [WAC 132D-125-045 WAC 132D-125-045. Request for explanation or interpretation of record](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_132D_125_045.md) - [WAC 132D-125-050 WAC 132D-125-050. Challenges—To content of education records—To release of education records—Or to denial of access to education records](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_132D_125_050.md) - [WAC 132D-125-055 WAC 132D-125-055. Challenges—Informal proceedings](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_132D_125_055.md) - [WAC 132D-125-060 WAC 132D-125-060. Challenges—Hearing before grievance review committee](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_132D_125_060.md) - [WAC 132D-125-070 WAC 132D-125-070. Release of personally identifiable information or education records](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_132D_125_070.md) - [WAC 132D-125-075 WAC 132D-125-075. Release of personally identifiable information or education records—Nature of consent required](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_132D_125_075.md) - [WAC 132D-125-080 WAC 132D-125-080. Release of personally identifiable information or education records—Exceptions to consent requirement](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_132D_125_080.md) - [WAC 132D-125-085 WAC 132D-125-085. Release of information in emergencies](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_132D_125_085.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_132D_125_020. Check the current official text before relying on it. Not legal advice.