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By MATT VOLZ, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle
Sat, 04/30/2016 - 12:29am

Lawyer: Author Jon Krakauer, public deserve to see records

(AP) — "Into the Wild" author Jon Krakauer and the public deserve to know why the University of Montana reversed its decision in 2012 to expel a star quarterback who was accused of rape, an attorney for the writer told the Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday. An attorney for the Montana University System told the justices that releasing the documents Krakauer seeks would violate student privacy and an education law that could threaten the University of Montana's federal funding. "Families and students have an expectation when they enroll in school that colleges and universities will not be disseminating their records, whether that's their grades, whether that's their health information or that's their conduct information," McRae said after the hearing. Christian's attorneys said they could not legally comply with Krakauer's records request because the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act prohibits the release of confidential student information, and the state could lose its federal education funding, including scholarship aid, if the documents are released. "[...] you have transparency, until we see how universities deal or don't deal with rape, this problem will not be solved," Krakauer said.

 

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