Early Childhood

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.

Letter to Strayer University to regarding the findings from the investigation of a student's FERPA violation complaint.

Letter to Austin Independent School District (TX) in response to a request for technical assistance regarding disclosure of student information to a company. 

Letter regarding the applicability of FERPA to the disclosure of education records from postsecondary institutions to the State higher education commission.

Letter explaining that, while a school may disclose PII from education records under the health or safety emergency exception if it has determined, on a case-by-case basis, that a specific situation presents imminent danger or threat to students or other members of the community, FERPA does not permit the routine disclosure of immunization records to State health departments, without parental consent.

The letter to the Clark County School District regarding potential conflict between Nevada law regarding the release of certain education records to the Clark County Child Death Review Team. 

Letter to New York school districts requesting technical assistance regarding FERPA compliance. 

Letter explaining that there is no basis in FERPA and IDEA for concluding that education records may be disclosed by a school district without prior written consent because a parent previously permitted them to be submitted into evidence in an open public hearing.

Letter to University of New Mexico responding to concern of a potential conflict between the FERPA and State mandatory reporting requirements laws. 

Letter to University of Illinois in response to several questions surrounding the University's practice of permanently assigning identification numbers to students, employees, certain categories of visitors, and others.