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2. Know Your Rights: FERPA Protections for Student Health Records

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   Student health records may qualify as education records, but not always. For example, FERPA would protect the health records of a public elementary or secondary school student under 18 years of age that are maintained by the school in the school’s health clinic or nurse’s office. But FERPA would not apply to health information that a school ...

3. Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

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   Schools may disclose, without consent, "directory" information such as a student's name, address, telephone number, date and place of birth, honors and awards, and dates of attendance. However, schools must tell parents and eligible students about directory information and allow parents and eligible students a reasonable amount of time to ...

4. A Parent Guide to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy ...

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   This guidance document reviews parents’ rights under the PPRA and education officials’ obligations in implementing the PPRA. The PPRA applies to the programs and activities of a State educational agency (SEA), local educational agency (LEA), or other recipient of funds under any program funded by the U.S. Department of Education.

5. Protecting the Privacy of Student Education Records

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   FERPA, also known as the Buckley Amendment, defines education records as all records that schools or education agencies maintain about students. FERPA gives parents (as well as students in postsecondary schools) the right to review and confirm the accuracy of education records. This and other United States "privacy" laws ensure that information ...

6. Protecting Student Privacy While Using Online Educational ...

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   FERPA-protected information for other purposes, unless otherwise prohibited by the terms of their agreement with the school or district. Schools and districts will typically need to evaluate the use of online educational services on a case-by-case basis to determine if FERPA-protected information (i.e., PII from education records) is implicated.

7. FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions | U.S. Department of Education

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   You can call to ask an education question at 1-800-872-5327 or file a complaint with one of our offices. If you wish to contact Federal Student Aid for questions about your account, including repayment, loan discharge eligibility or applications or to file a complaint go to. We are looking forward to staying connected!

8. Forum Guide to Protecting the Privacy of Student Information ...

   nces.ed.gov/pubs2004/privacy/section_2d.asp

   Under § 99.3 of FERPA, “education records” is broadly defined to mean those records that are related to a student and are maintained by an education agency or institution. Part C (34 CFR 303.460) permits states to adopt or develop policies that the states will follow to ensure the confidentiality of personally identifiable information.

9. Information on the Rights of All Children to Enroll in School:

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   2 This Questions and Answers document accompanies the Dear Colleague letter on the Rights of All Children to Enroll in School, issued by the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice on May 6, 2011. This document has been updated to respond to additional questions received since the Dear Colleague letter was issued.