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Amendment of Education Records

Under FERPA a school must:

• Consider a request from a student to amend inaccurate or misleading information in the
student’s education records
• Offer the student a hearing on the matter if it decides not to amend the records in accordance
with the request
• Offer the student a right to place a statement to be kept and disclosed with the record if as a result
of the hearing the school decides not to amend the record.

A school is not required to consider requests for amendment under FERPA that

• Seek to change a grade or disciplinary record
• Seek to change the opinions or reflections of a school official or other person reflected in an
education record

Students have the right to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education concerning
alleged failures by the Institute to comply with the requirements of FERPA. The name and
address of the Office that administers FERPA is:




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