This monograph details, in question-and-answer format, the rights of students and the responsibilities of guidance counselors under federal and Colorado state law. Prominent topics include: Confidentiality of student records, freedom of information, the boundaries separating the rights of students, the rights of parents, and the rights of school authorities, nondiscrimination legislation, due process, and the legal ramifications of various kinds of counseling (drug, medical, sexual, moral, etc.). The code of ethics of the American School Counselors Association appears in an appendix. (MPB)