FERPA: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) Overview

FERPA is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education. FERPA, also known as the Buckley Amendment, gives students to right to inspect and review their education records to ensure the accuracy of their contents.

Under federal law, colleges are not allowed to release any information to parents or others about a student’s educational record or disciplinary proceedings without the written consent of the student.

Marymount Manhattan College is committed to the confidentiality and protection of student education records by adhering to the FERPA guidelines.

FERPA requires that the College provide notification annually to students of their rights under FERPA. Marymount Manhattan College will inform students of these guidelines and of their rights under FERPA and the Department of Education’s FERPA regulations. The annual notification includes the rights outlined below:

Student Rights Under FERPA

FERPA affords students certain rights with respect to their education records. These rights include:

  1. The right to inspect and review your education records.
  2. The right to request the amendment of education records to ensure that they are not inaccurate, misleading, or otherwise in violation of a student’s privacy or other rights.
  3. The right to consent or to refuse to consent to disclosures of personally identifiable information contained in your educational records, except to the extent that FERPA and regulations issued pursuant to it, authorize disclosures without consent.
  4. The right to file with the US Department of Education a complaint concerning alleged failures by Marymount Manhattan College to comply with the requirements of FERPA.

 

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