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Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

FERPA is a federal law that applies to educational agencies and institutions that receive funding
under a program administered by the US Department of Education. The statute is found at 20 U.S.C.
1232g and the Department’s regulations are found at 34 CFR Part 99.

Under FERPA schools must generally afford students attending a postsecondary institution access
to their educational information, an opportunity to seek and have their records amended, and some
control over the disclosure of information from the records.

FERPA requires the Institute to protect the privacy of student record information with regard to access
to a student’s Institute records, the release of such records, and the opportunity to challenge records
should they be inaccurate, misleading, or inappropriate.

No information can be provided to a custodial parent, non-custodial parent, or other third party
without the permission of the student unless very specific criteria have been met.

FERPA requires the Institute to establish a policy with regard to the data items that can be released
to third parties upon request, and to establish the procedures for the release of such information.
Students have the option of making their “file” and “data” confidential. Students choosing to have their
data marked as confidential are identified in the student information system.







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