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authorize release

To give permission for education records to be shared with another person or organization.

In plain English

This means allowing your school records to be sent to someone else. It is about giving consent for that sharing with another person or organization.

In context

Here, it requests permission to share the education record involved in this request with another person or organization.

Situation
Requesting transcripts, certificates, credentials, verification, and graduation records
What it communicates
requests permission to share the record for this request.

Meaning limits

The term alone does not say whether the record will actually be shared, when that might occur, or any other conditions for doing so.

Examples

“The student authorized the release of her transcript to the scholarship committee.”

Core meaning

“The registrar asked the parent to authorize release of the student's attendance record to the new school.”

In context