Legal References

Letter regarding the applicability of FERPA to undergraduate and graduate student theses that are made publicly available in university libraries for research purposes .

Letter responding to the National Student Clearinghouse inquiry on whether release of personally identifiable information from student education records to a proposed student loan "Clearinghouse" would violate FERPA.

Letter regarding the applicability of FERPA to education records on deceased students.

Letter regarding the applicability of FERPA to the disclosure of personally identifiable information from education records to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS).

Letter to North East Independent School District in Texas explaining that a school may disclose personally identifiable information from the education records of students classified as M-1 or F-1 nonimmigrant aliens as required by Federal law to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS).

Letter to Carol G. Dunham on whether medical residents and interns are "students" for the purposes FERPA.

Letter to Great Falls Public Schools in Montana explaining that the FERPA amendment provisions may not be used by a former student to seek to amend his or her name and gender.

Letter addressing whether FERPA would permit a school to display a student's SSN  or student identification number on a mailing label addressed to the student embedded in a string of other numbers so that it is not readily identifiable.

Letter to West Virginia University explaining that the nationality of students cannot be designated as a "directory information" item for disclosure to a third party.

Letter to a parent explaining that information in a student's education records about his or her HIV status may be disclosed in connection with a health or safety emergency, if certain conditions or met.