The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a federal law passed in 1974 that protects the privacy of personally identifiable information contained within a students education records by giving full control over the disclosure of these records to parents and students.
FERPA (sometimes called the Buckley Amendment) provides students and parents with 4 basic rights:
- The right to access the information that an educational institution possesses about him/her.
- The right to request an amendment to those records.
- The right to consent to disclosure of his/her records.
- The right to file a complaint with the FERPA Office.
Read more about FERPA requirements.