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What Is FEPRA?

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The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a federal law enacted in 1974 to protect the privacy of personally identifiable information in students’ education records. FERPA grants parents and students control over the disclosure of these records.

FERPA, sometimes called the Buckley Amendment, provides four key rights:

The right to access their records held by an educational institution.
The right to request amendments to those records.
The right to consent to disclosure of their records.
The right to file a complaint with the FERPA Office.

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It’s easy to see why some businesses choose to hold onto their records indefinitely. It can be hard to keep track of the different rules that apply to various types of records, especially when those rules change depending on the document itself, the state where your business operates, or how long it’s been on file.

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Most businesses find recordkeeping challenging, but nonprofits have even more to deal with. In addition to the HR records, financial documents, and customer files that other businesses need to keep track of, there’s also grant paperwork, donor records, board meeting minutes, and other documentation unique to nonprofits. It’s a lot to keep up with, and

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While digital recordkeeping has become much more popular in recent years, many businesses still need to use paper. Service businesses often use paper invoices and work orders on job sites. Signed contracts and agreements are still common and need to be kept on file for many businesses. Government offices like the DMV use paper forms

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