Legal References

Letter in response to an inquiry from University of Maryland Medical Systems regarding whether the records of medical residents are protected by FERPA.

Letter responding to Yale University question of whether the University could disclose a former student's education records to the State's attorney to assist in the investigation and prosecution of the student.

Letter addressing whether certain information, including gender and SSN, may be designated as directory information under FERPA and how the directory information provisions in FERPA apply to students that attended school before FERPA was enacted.

Letter to Clemson University regarding the applicability of FERPA to the disclosure of a student's religious preference to officially-recognized campus ministries. 

Letter of finding addressing whether FERPA requires a school to provide a parent of an emancipated minor with access to the student's education records.

Letter of finding addressing whether FERPA requires a school to provide a parent of an emancipated minor with access to the student's education records.

This 1995 letter to Richter outlines the applicability of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act to the records of medical residents.

Letter addressing whether FERPA would permit the disclosure of personally identifiable information from students' education records in connection with seeking reimbursement from Medicaid for medical services provided by a school.

Letter to a parent explaining that the nonconsensual release of a list of honor roll students by a general category of grade point average does not violate FERPA provided the school has designated honors or awards as directory information items and has met the conditions set forth in FERPA.

Letter of finding in which a school district was found not to have violated FERPA for redacting student contact information when providing access to a non-custodial parent because evidence gave reason to believe that the disclosure of the information would put an individual's safety at risk.