Disclosure Avoidance

Letter to advise Towson (MD) State University of partial finding in a student complaint alleging of a violation of rights under FERPA.

Letter in response to a California School District asking whether FERPA would require a school district to obtain a court order confirming that a subpoena has been "lawfully issued." 

Letter to San Juan Basin Area Vocational-Technical School regarding the applicability of FERPA to certain types of sign-in sheets, some of which contains achievement information.

Letter to a Texas school district regarding the applicability of FERPA to complying with a subpoena for personnel records that include a list of students and statements by the students.

Letter in response to a request for opinion from the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service regarding the applicability of FERPA to the reporting requirements of the Hope Scholarship Credit and the Lifetime Learning Credit. 

Letter addressing the applicability of FERPA and court ordered discovery requests.

Letter concerning whether an LEA may disclose a student's education records to juvenile detention centers or prisons in situations where the correctional facility is required to provide services under Part B of IDEA.  

Letter addressing the applicability of FERPA to tribal schools, located on Indian reservations, that receive funds from the U.S. Department of Education.

Letter of finding addressing the school official exception to consent and that legitimate educational interest is not limited to just the educational interest of the student.

Letter to a parent explaining that photographs of students taken by a teacher with his or her personal device are not "education records" because they are not maintained by the school.