Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) for Families
About This Policy
- Responsible Office
- Office of the Registrar
一个快速参考指南,帮助家长和家庭了解FERPA
家庭教育权利和隐私法案(FERPA)也被称为巴克利修正案, passed by Congress in 1974, grants four specific rights to students:
- The right to inspect and review their educational records.
- 要求修改不准确或不适当记录的权利.
- The right to consent to disclosure of his or her public records.
- 就十大博彩推荐排名州立大学未能遵守FERPA的要求向美国教育部家庭合规办公室提出投诉的权利.
FERPA and parent’s access to their student’s Education Records:
当学生年满18岁或在任何年龄开始就读高等教育机构时, FERPA rights transfer from the parent to the student. FERPA适用于参加十大博彩推荐排名州立大学任何教育项目的学生. 如果学生目前正在或曾经参加过FERPA,他们将获得FERPA规定的权利, regardless whether in a credit, no-credit, degree or non-degree credit program. FERPA不适用于已被十大博彩推荐排名州立大学录取但未实际出席的学校或学院的申请人.
What are Education Records?
教育记录是由大学维护的与学生直接相关的任何记录. A student has the right of access to these records. 教育记录包括任何形式的记录(手写), email, print, magnetic tape, film, diskette, etc.) that is in the possession of any school official. 这包括从学生以前就读的学校获得的成绩单或其他记录.
What are not Education Records?
- 由学校官员持有的个人记录或私人笔记,其他人员无法查阅或释放,
- 仅为执法目的,并由执法单位单独维护的执法或校园安全,
- 仅与该机构雇用个人有关而不能作任何其他用途的记录,
- Records relating to treatment provided by a physician, psychiatrist, 心理学家或辅助专业人士,只向提供治疗的个人披露,
- 在个人不再是学生后获得的仅包含个人信息的机构记录, i.e., alumni records,
- 未收集和记录的同行评分论文的分数.
What is Directory Information?
如果学生没有限制披露,机构可以在不违反FERPA的情况下披露以下学生信息.
- name
- college/school and curriculum
- enrollment status and credit hour load
- dates of attendance
- classification
- receipt or non-receipt of a degree
- academic awards received (dean’s list, honors students)
- participation in officially recognized activities
- photographs
- position, weight and height of athletes
- 主要地址和/或电子邮件地址将与指定供应商共享,为毕业生提供以下外部服务:购买班级戒指的信息, yearbooks, commencement photos
What rights do students have under FERPA?
- 有权自提出要求之日起四十五天内检查和审查其教育记录
- 有权同意披露其教育记录中包含的个人身份信息
- The right to file a complaint with the U.S. 教育部涉嫌未能遵守FERPA
What is a Legitimate Educational Interest?
如果学校官员为了履行其职业责任而需要审查教育记录,则学校官员具有合法的教育利益.
Public posting of grades
The public posting of grades, either by the student’s name, 学校的学生识别号码或社会安全号码是违反FERPA. 使用一个只有学生和老师知道的随机数字来公布成绩是一种合适的方式. Even then, the order of posting should not be alphabetic.
Letters of Recommendation
推荐人根据其个人观察或知识所作的陈述不需要作为推荐人的学生出具书面声明. However, 如果推荐信中包含了从学生的教育记录中获得的个人身份信息(成绩), GPA, etc.),作者必须获得学生签署的免责声明,其中:
- Specifies the records that may be disclosed,
- States the purpose of the disclosure and,
- 指明可向其披露信息的当事人或当事人类别.
因为推荐信将成为学生教育记录的一部分, 学生有权阅读,除非他/她已经放弃了阅读的权利.
Exceptions to FERPA Non-Release Regulations:
- Health and Safety
各院校可在未经学生同意的情况下,考虑到与学生或其他个人的健康和安全有关的情况,披露教育记录中的信息. 如果学校确定对学生或其他人的健康和安全存在“明确的重大威胁”, 教育记录中的信息可以发布给“任何了解情况的人,以保护”学生或其他个人的健康和安全. - Dependent Student Status
Under FERPA, schools may release any and all information to parents, without the consent of the eligible student, 如果学生是美国国税局规定的纳税目的的受抚养人. - Alcohol
如果未满21岁的学生违反了有关使用或持有酒精或受管制物质的任何法律或政策,学校可以通知家长. - Outstanding and Access to Education Records
机构可以在未经学生同意的情况下向承包商披露教育记录, 执行机构服务和职能的志愿者和其他非雇员.
For a full description of FERPA please visit: mogrenlandscape.com/policies/student/ferpa/
Or visit the U.S. Department of Education at: www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/ps-officials.html
Updated April 9, 2019