Updated to incorporate recent cases and FERPA revisions!
Get straightforward guidance to effectively manage student record privacy and your FERPA requirements — including new FERPA regulations on disclosing student records in a health or safety emergency, definitions of "personally identifiable information," and what constitutes “directory information.”
Concise tips and explanations in nine compliance areas spell out the "dos and don'ts" of student record administration, amendment, consent and disclosure, including:
- Parental and Students’ Rights Tip #16: Test question booklets may be disclosed if necessary to explain answers
- Administration and Application of FERPA Tip #28: Districts need not “re-create” lost, destroyed records
- Disclosure of Records Tip #59: “Reasonableness” standard applies to authenticate identity of persons asking to review records
- Education Records in General Tip #78: Address security concerns raised by electronic records
- And dozens more!
Plus, you find out how the IDEA, HIPAA and FERPA interact — so you know where federal laws overlap and ensure nothing slips through the cracks. Includes more than 25 new tips, plus references to relevant FERPA provisions and cases.
