In plain English
This means giving consent for student records to be shared with someone else. The sharing can be done by a school or any other organization that holds the records. The recipient is someone other than the student and other than the holder of the records.
In context
Here, it requests permission for the institution or another holder of the student’s records to disclose them to an external recipient.
- Situation
- Requesting transcripts, certificates, credentials, verification, and graduation records
- What it communicates
- requests permission to share records with an external recipient.
Meaning limits
By itself, the term does not identify the exact records covered by the authorization.
Examples
“Eli authorized the university to release his transcript to a third party, the scholarship foundation.”
“If you want the college to release your student records to a third party, enter the organization's name on the form.”