These suggestions for formulating school district policies governing the confidentiality and release of student records are based on the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (the Buckley amendment) and on relevant Arizona state law. A checklist, which covers the major section of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, is designed to allow educators to evaluate their districts' current safeguards and policies regarding the confidentiality of student records. The format is a simple "yes" or "no" response; if "no" is the answer to any question, then the district's policies and practices do not match those of the federal law. The addenda include the text of the Buckley amendment, Arizona state law, the state attorney general's decisions relating to privacy rights, and guidelines for school district retention and disposal of records. (Author)