The Basics
This act protects the privacy and accuracy of student's educational records
What is FERPA
In order to release a student's educational record, the University must first obtain?
The students written consent?
What is FERPA an acronym for?
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
These notes are considered personal property and not part of a student’s educational record.
What is an advisor's personal notes?
Who is the custodian of University records?
Who is the Registrar?
Where can you find ISU's official FERPA policy?
Policy Library
Under FERPA, all students have the right to do this to their educational records at any time.
What is the right to inspect and review?
Includes information that can be used to trace an individual's identity either directly or indirectly through linkages with other informatoin.
What is Personally Indentifiable Information (PII)?
What agencies must comply with FERPA?
All education institutions and agencies (even K-12)
The federal govenment may withdraw what from the University should they violate FERPA
What is Federal Funds
The Department of Education created FERPA in what year as a protection for students?
What is 1974?
Students have this particular right with regard to directory info
What is the right to restrict the school from releasing any directory information about them?
Information that can be released to anyone without permission of the student.
What is directory information?
Position, weight, and height of athletes.
What is directory information?
The only time that an university employee, or student worker should access students information?
What is With a 'legitimate educational interest' ?
What passes from the parent to student when the student attains the age of 18 and attends Indiana State University?
What is FERPA rights?
What students may do if it appears that there is misleading or inaccurate information on their educational records?
What is amend their education record?
Grade reports, transcripts, and disciplinary files are all examples of this.
What are educational records?
When students are 18 years or older, parents are not allowed to access their information unless what happens?
Parent is set up as a proxy?
How often is the university required to notify students of their rights under FERPA?
What is annually?
What two things does FERPA govern?
What is release of records and access to those records?
When do FERPA rights expire?
What is upon their death?
The population of individuals at the University to whom FERPA applies.
What is everyone? (Employees and students)
How many violations has the U.S. Department of Education acted upon since FERPA's inception?
ZERO
This Act allows ISU to release data to each branch of the military once each term, if the student is at least 17 and registered in one credit hour.
What is the Solomon Act?