<p>The issue is not the disciplinary action taken within the context of the school community but the disclosure of that action to outside third parties with the result that there are adverse consequences for the former student. Given the right set of facts, there would be a cause of action grounded in tort. By way of analogy, consider an employee who suffers disciplinary action at employer 1. The employee leaves and applies for a job at employer 2. The employee lists his job history and includes employer 1 so as to avoid a significant gap in time in employment history. Employer 2 contacts employer 1 to check on the accuracy of the application and employer 1 discloses the disciplinary history. The employee is not hired as a result. Depending on the law in the state in which this occurs, there could be a claim for tortious interference with employment. There is good reason most corporations have a policy of disclosing only dates of employment, rate of pay and job classification whe contacted by prospective employers, and properly so. Employer 1, and here the school, have no business disclosing to an outside 3rd party internal information that damages the interests of the employee, here the former student, that arises out of internal matters in the absence of an independent judicial process that makes it a matter of public record.</p>