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At the same meeting the superintendent explained on the record why the four- spreadsheet request could not be filled. Under FERPA, student financial records, including tuition payment records and who has or has not paid, are protected. Under Connecticut's freedom of information statute, confidential student records are withheld. And which staff are enrolled in the town insurance plan, what coverage they have, whom they insure and whether they decline it, is protected employee information. She stated the re- identification problem directly: even listing students by number, adding town of residence and tuition paid, set against the small size of the classes, makes individual children identifiable.