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parents
order
dictating
release
information
wright
right
claimed
reasonable
amount
utilities
included
rent
public
housing
authority
allowed
charge
wilder
health
care
providers
asserted
right
reasonable
adequate
rates
participating
medicaid
program
correctly
rights
language
alone
necessarily
create
rights
enforceable
ante
quoting
pennhurst
state
school
hospital
halderman
language
certainly
relevant
whether
statute
creates
rights
see
ante
describing
language
critical
showing
requisite
congressional
intent
create
new
rights
moreover
pennhurst
treated
rights
language
arguable
evidence
statute
created
rights
overall
specific
purposes
act
also
show
intent
create
individual
rights
see
supra
discussing
ferpa
stated
purpose
test
ferpa
administrative
scheme
comprehensive
enforcement
scheme
blessing
wilder
virginia
hospital
inapposite
see
ante
neither
cases
considered
existence
enforcement
scheme
relevant
whether
federal
right
created
first
instance
see
falvo
owasso
independent
school
dist
rev
grounds
tarka
cunningham
brown
oneonta
citing
fay
south
colonie
central
school
cite
circuit
state
high
opinion
contrary
see
ante
justify
statement
courts
divided
ante
concerning
ferpa
enforceability
cites
two
cases
disagreeing
overwhelming
majority
position
courts
reaching
issue
see
ante
citing
gundlach
reinstein
supp
ed
aff
meury
community
school
ind
app
gundlach
even
squarely
hold
ferpa
rights
unenforceable
rather
merely
rejected
claim
plaintiff
failed
allege
defendants
released
alleged
educational
records
pursuant
university
policy
indeed
endorsing
framework
sub
silentio
overrules
cases
wright
wilder
cases
concluded
statutes
issue
created
rights
enforceable
statutes
clear
ly
unambiguous
ly
ante
intend
enforceability