Federal Regulation Fave
For the Record
Full Disclosure
It's An Exception
Housekeeping
100
This Act protects the privacy of student education records
What is FERPA?
100
IEPs
What is an education record?
100
45 days after the District receives the request
How much time does a district have to comply with a records request?
100
Information in an education record that isn't considered harmful or an a invasion of privacy if disclosed (name, grade, yearbook photo)
What is Directory Information?
100
A log of each request for access to records and each disclosure of PII from education records?
What should district maintain?
200
Contain information directly related to a student and are maintained by an educational agency
What are student records?
200
Emails that contain PII about a student and are maintained by the school district
What is and education record?
200
Without unnecessary delay before an IEP meeting, a due process hearing or resolution session.
What is how long does the district have to disclose records under IDEA?
200
A school official who needs to review the information in order to fulfill her professional responsibilities.
What is someone with a legitimate educational interest?
200
He who requested access to the information and his legitimate educational interest
What is the record of disclosure?
300
A student's healthcare records maintained at the school
What are education records?
300
Peer graded papers not yet recorded by the teacher
What is NOT and education record?
300
Permit access to or the release, transfer or other communication of PII contained in an education record by any means, including oral, written or electronic means, to any party except the party that created or provided the record
What is disclosure?
300
Releasing Records to a school district where the student seeks or intends to enroll
What is an exception?
300
Parents, school official with legitimate educational interest, a party with written consent from the parent, directory information, a party with law enforcement subpoena or court order
What are exceptions to record keeping requirements?
400
Information that alone or in combination is linked or linkable to a specific student that a reasonable person could identify the student with reasonable certainty.
What is Personally Identifiable Information?
400
A school bus video depicting student passengers
What is an Educational Record?
400
Signed and written, specify records that may be disclosed, states the purpose of the disclosure and identifies the party to whom the disclosure may be made.
What is consent?
400
Disclosure of student records to a firefighter on career day?
What is not a health and safety emergency exception to FERPA disclosure requirements.
400
A current listing of the names and positions of those employees within the district who may access PII of special education student
What is what the school district is required to have?
500
Records kept in the sole possession of the maker and are used only as a personal memory aid and not accessible or revealed to anyone but a temporary substitute
What are not education records?
500
Pictures of Ms. Sparks' AU students posted on the school website
What are education records?
500
Instances where a district can disclose student records without parental consent
What are exceptions?
500
Government agencies, court orders, subpoenas, organizations conducting studies.
What are exceptions to FERPA?
500
WVDE, USDOE Family Compliance Office, USDOE OCR, state and federal courts
Where parents can complain for alleged Ferpa violations.