Open Records Requests
As a public institution, Georgia Tech is subject to the Open Records Act, O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70 et seq. The law requires that Georgia Tech make available for public inspection public documents within three business days of receiving a request. The purpose of this policy and its procedures is to ensure compliance with the law.
With limited exceptions, Georgia Tech must respond to such requests within three business days. In response to an ORA request, Georgia Tech will allow the requester to view public documents and, for a fee, make copies.
Institute Communications (IC) has been designated by the President of Georgia Tech as the office responsible for responding to ORA requests on behalf of the custodian of the records. Departments and school, as custodians of Georgia Tech’s records, must work in cooperation with IC to ensure Georgia Tech’s compliance with the ORA. The custodian of the records remains responsible for compliance with the ORA and for any civil or criminal penalties imposed for failure to comply.
Departments, schools, faculty or staff who receive an ORA request from any person, or an ORA inquiry from IC, shall respond promptly, following the procedures in this policy. The full policy is available at the Georgia Tech Policy Library: https://www.policylibrary.gatech.edu/legal/open-records-act-policy.
For further questions, please contact Jamila Hudson-Allen, Open Records Officer, at openrecords@gatech.edu.
To submit an Open Records Request for Student Records, please complete the form below and submit to openrecords@gatech.edu.
Solomon Amendment
The Solomon Amendment is a federal law that allows military recruiters to access selected address, biographical information list. However, if the student has submitted a request to the Office of the Registrar through Oscar to restrict the release of their Directory Information, then no information from the student's education record will be released under the Solomon Amendment.
The Department of Education has determined the Solomon Amendment supersedes most elements of FERPA. Georgia Tch is therefore obligated to release student recruiting information, which may or may not match the FERPA directory information list. However, if the student has submitted a request to the Office of the Registrar through Oscar to restrict the release of their Directory Information, then no information from the student's education record will be released under the Solomon Amendment.
Military recruiters may request student information by completing and submitted a completed Open Records Request for Student Records form to the Open Records Officer, at openrecords@gatech.edu.