FERPA Basics
The acronym for the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
What is FERPA?
Information directly related to a student and maintained by the institution or a party representing the institution.
What are educational records.
In order to release a student's educational record, the school must first obtain?
The students written consent or Signed Information Release form.
Grades posted on a faculty office door.
What is a FERPA violation
The Department of Education created FERPA in this year as a protection for students.
What is 1974?
The demonstrated "need to know" by employees who acts in the students' educational interest
What is Legitimate Educational Interest
Includes information that can be used to distinguish or trace an individual's identity either directly or indirectly through linkages with other information.
What is Personally Identifiable Information (PII)?
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?
T/F - Records that are directly related to a student and are maintained by the school are educational records?
What is TRUE
The only time that a college employee, or student worker should access students information?
What is With a 'legitimate educational interest' ?
The number of times the Department of Education requires that a FERPA notification be sent students at the University?
What is a minimum of one time per year (or annually)?
Information defined by the institution that can be released to anyone without permission of the student.
What is directory information?
Under FERPA, colleges must identify a list of directory information. Students have this particular ability with regard to directory info
What is the right to restrict the school from releasing any directory information about them?
A form that students need to complete to release information to a third party (potentially their parents).
What is a Third Party FERPA release form
The amount of money the college can charge for releasing educational information to students.
What is none?
Which do you follow: FERPA or State Records Law?
What is, whichever policy is stricter.
Members of the University who act in the student's educational interest within the limitations of their "need to know."
What are School Officials
What students may do if it appears that there is misleading or inaccurate information in some part of their educational records?
What is amend their education record?
T/F - If release is on file we have to release the information to the individuals named on the release
What is False
This ACT allowS an institution 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?
A violation of FERPA guidelines at an institution may result in the removal of this very necessary thing.
What is federal funding.
Any individual for whom an educational institution maintains education records.
What is a student
FERPA ends for a student upon this tragic, but inevitable for all, event.
What is upon their death?
Information not normally considered a violation of a persons privacy is called ?
What is Directory Information?
When does FERPA take effect at Longwood University?
What is, On the first day of classes