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Originally signed into law by President Gerald Ford on August 21, 1974, this act provides guidance for the handling of student information.
What is the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act?
Not protected by FERPA, this information may be freely shared with third party requestors without student permission. This includes such information as name and date of birth.
What is Directory Information?
A student needing transcripts should contact this department.
What is Student Services?
A parent calls you to ask for a student's grade. You say no, because that would be a _____________ of FERPA.
What is a violation?
These two pieces of student information should never be included in the same email chain.
What are name and ID number?
Established in 1996, this amendment allows each branch of the military to request specific student information for recruiting purposes once per term.
What is the Solomon Amendment?
This information is protected by FERPA. This includes such information as SSN, grades, class schedule, and disciplinary action.
What is Non-Directory Information?
A student asking for detailed education records should contact this staffmember.
Who is the Registrar?
A business may request an employee's student information only with a Release of Information form, signed by _______________.
Who is the student?
This information, typically held by instructors, should not be released over the phone or through email.
What are grades?
This act allows the federal government to conduct a search of student records for students suspected of terrorist activity.
What is the Patriot Act?
A person employed by TBCC in an administrative, supervisory, academic, research, or support staff position is also known by this official term.
What is a school official?
If a student needs to amend a grade, they should contact this staffmember.
Who is their instructor?
Your department chair has asked which students are in your class. They explain that they are planning courses for next term and need to know how many students to expect in each class. This is known as Legitimate ___________ Interest.
What is Educational?
This type of information should not be shared, even in a recommendation letter, without the written consent of the student.
What is confidential information?
Enacted by the United states Congress in 1974, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act is also known as this.
What is the Buckley Amendment?
This is a general FERPA term for written permission given by a student to allow a third party access to non-directory information.
What is a release?
If a student feels their rights under FERPA have been violated, they may file a complaint with this governing body.
What is the US department of Education?
The right to _________ grants students the ability to review any and all of their own educational records.
What is review?
Student information should never be discussed in this type of space, where you can be overheard by a third party.
What is a public or crowded space?