Legal References

Letter to a parent explaining that FERPA does not apply to private schools that receive non-monetary services and benefits made by local school district to teachers and students under Title II and Title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)

Letter of technical assistance to the National Collegiate Athletic Association regarding proposals for the written consent that student-athletes must provide before disclosing information from their education records. 

Letter of technical assistance to the Regents of the University of California, responding to a request for guidance on the response under FERPA to a subpoena duces tecum that may be issued for certain students' education records. 

Letter of technical assistance to the Wyoming Community College Commission regarding the requested review of a data-sharing agreement with seven Wyoming community colleges.

Letter of technical assistance to National Student Loan Clearinghouse, advising whether its new EnrollmentSearch program would comply with the requirements of FERPA. 

Letter to Clark College advising of findings from complaint alleging a violation of FERPA rights.

Letter of finding addressing the applicability of FERPA to sole possession records.

Letter to University of Washington on whether FERPA permits the University to provide certain information from student education records to the Canadian International Tax Directorate in Ottawa. 

Letter to the University of Arizona advising of findings from a complaint alleging a FERPA violation. 

Letter to an attorney representing a college in Massachusetts explaining that, while FERPA would not prohibit a school from sending information to a student at a post office box that the student shares with another student, the school is responsible for taking precautions to prevent the improper disclosure of personally identifiable information from students' education records.