---
title: 'Sample letter: Requesting your child’s school records'
description: How do you request access to your child’s school records? If your child’s school doesn’t have a form, use this sample letter to request your child’s school records.
slug: sample-letter-requesting-your-childs-school-records
author: Lexi Walters Wright
reviewer: Whitney Hollins
published: '2019-10-16T11:38:22.799Z'
thumbnail: https://cdn-images.understood.org/p0qf7j048i0q/CF27DA9807AC4C60A60506E0614DD0F6/08bc47a59468f402c2083dddeba23955/86491358.jpg
source_url: https://www.understood.org/en/articles/sample-letter-requesting-your-childs-school-records
lang: en
---

# Sample letter: Requesting your child’s school records

You have a [legal right to see your child’s educational records](https://www.understood.org/en/articles/ferpa-protecting-your-childs-records). Many school districts have a standard form to fill out for requesting records. You can [ask the principal or school secretary](https://www.understood.org/en/articles/steps-for-requesting-your-childs-school-records) for it.

If the school doesn’t have a form, you can use this sample letter. 

Customize it with information about your child, and keep these points in mind:

- If it would be hard for you to come to the school to view the records, add a sentence to the letter explaining why.
- Ask the school to mail you a copy of your child’s records.
- Be sure to specify where you’d like the copies to be sent.
- You also can make a request via email. Sometimes that’s the quickest option, and it makes it easy to keep a record of the communications.

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