Disclosure Avoidance

Letter to Western Kentucky University responding to a request for guidance regarding disclosing student records to the Kentucky Council of Postsecondary Education without specific consent.

Letter regarding the applicability of FERPA to educational testing services.

Letter regarding the applicability of FERPA to the SEA redisclosing personally identifiable information from students' education records to an outside entity for matching purposes.

Findings Letter to the College of Southern Maryland.

Letter to University of Alaska providing guidance on whether the University may disclose education records to the State's Legislative Audit Division for an auditing function. 

Letter to the California Department of Education explaining that a State law conflicts with FERPA to the extent it prevents parents from exercising their rights to inspect and review their children's education records regarding absences for confidential medical services.

Letter explaining that Tribal Education Departments (TEDs) are not considered a State or local education authority and that an educational agency or institution may not disclose personally identifiable information from student education records to TEDs without the prior written consent of the students' parents.

Letter explaining that Tribal Education Departments (TDE) are not considered a State or local education authority and that an educational agency or institution may not disclose personally identifiable information from student education records to TEDs without the prior written consent of the students' parents.

Letter explaining that Tribal Education Departments (TDE) are not considered a State or local education authority and that an educational agency or institution may not disclose personally identifiable information from student education records to TEDs without the prior written consent of the students' parents.

Letter to School and College Legal Services of California providing an option on whether 87 Op. Atty. Gen. 168 (No. 04-112) dated November 29, 2004 regarding parental access to their children's school records conflicts with FERPA.