Administrative Experience
Question 2.8 Details
How does the campus notify students of their rights under the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)?
NOTE:The following information comes from the U.S. Department of Education Family Policy Compliance Office which ensures compliance with the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
FERPA is a federal law that applies to educational agencies and institutions that receive funding under a program administered by the U. S. Department of Education. Under FERPA, schools must generally afford students who are 18 years or over, or attending a postsecondary institution:
- access to their education records,
- an opportunity to seek to have the records amended, and
- some control over the disclosure of information from the records.
- Schools are required by FERPA to:
- provide a student with an opportunity to inspect and review his or her education records within 45 days of the receipt of a request, and
- provide a student with copies of education records or otherwise make the records available to the student if the student, for instance, lives outside of commuting distance of the school.
This is only part of an institution's obligations and your rights under FERPA. Find out if the campus has a published FERPA policy, where it is, and how students are notified of their privacy rights.
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