Family Educational Rights Privacy Act (FERPA)

Letter notifying the Superintendent of Public Instruction of an apparent conflict between Michigan law and FERPA.

Letter to Kennesaw State University, Georgia providing clarification on certain provisions of FERPA.

Letter to University of Massachusetts regarding FERPA as it relates to a request for information received from the Graduate Employee Organization. 

Letter regarding the definition of directory information and disclosures to law enforcement.

This document explains some of the major legislative changes made to FERPA over its 40 year history.  It was last updated in June of 2002.

Letter to The University of Mississippi regarding whether certain documents containing student information can be released without violating FERPA. 

Letter to Hunter College advising of the results a complaint filed by a student alleging a violation of rights under FERPA.

Letter to the University of New Hampshire advising of the finding in the complaint filed by a student alleging a violation of rights under FERPA. 

Letter of technical assistance to University of California regarding the applicability of FERPA to the disclosure of student information to the U.S. Department of Education's Office of the Ombudsman. 

Letter of technical assistance to American Federation of Teachers on whether universities may disclose PII from graduate assistant teachers to a union representing student graduate assistants.