Subpoena/Open Records Request

1. All subpoenas or requests for open records must be sent to the Superintendent’s Office of Spring Branch ISD at 955 Campbell, Houston, Texas 77024.
2. Notify the Superintendent’s Office immediately upon receipt of a subpoena or open records request.
3. If the subpoena is for student records, the Superintendent’s Office will forward the subpoena or open records request to the Records Management Office.  The request will then be sent back to the school for processing.
4. SBISD has 10 business days to respond to the subpoena or open records request accordingly.
5. Some of the documents SBISD locates in response to the subpoena include education records relating to the student.  The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (“FERPA”), 20 U.S.C. 1232g:
• Requires that SBISD give notice to the student, if the student is over the age of 18.
• Requires that SBISD give notice to the parent(s) of the student, if the student is under the age of 18.

SBISD plans to comply with the subpoena concerning the student’s education records.

6. Once processed, the records should be delivered in person to the Records Management Office for completion of the Business Affidavit by the district’s Records Management Office or Designee and certification of the authenticity of the documents by a notary.

Records Management Office
1031 Witte Rd. Bldg.E
1st Floor
Houston, Texas 77055
Attn: Maria Lopez

REQUEST FOR RECORDS