NOTIFICATION OF RIGHTS UNDER FERPA FOR POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTIONS
1974年的《家庭教育权和隐私法 The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a Federal law passed in 1974 that affords students certain rights with respect to their educational records. 它们是:
1) The right to inspect and review the student’s education records within 45 days of the official request for access:
Students must submit to the Dean of Students or the Registrar an official written request that identifies the record(s) they wish to inspect. The College official will make arrangements for access and notify the student of the time and place where the records may be inspected. If the records are not maintained by the College official to whom the request was submitted, the official shall advise the student of the correct official to whom the request should be addressed.
2) The right to request the amendment of the student’s education records that the student believes is inaccurate or misleading.
Students may ask the College to amend a record they believe is inaccurate or misleading. They should write the College official responsible for the record, clearly identify the part of the record they want changed and specify what is inaccurate or misleading.
If the College decides not to amend the record as requested by the student, the College will notify the student of the decision and advise the student of his or her right to a hearing regarding the request for amendment. Additional information regarding the hearing procedures will be provided to the student when notified of the right to a hearing.
3) The right to consent to disclosures of personally identifiable information contained in the student’s records, except to the extent that FERPA authorizes disclosure without consent.
注:向家长披露学生记录, 配偶, or other family members is not implied and in fact forbidden without student consent except in cases in which the College determines that there is a legitimate health or safety emergency to the student or others on campus, or in the event of student use of alcohol or controlled substances on a UCNJ campus or College event.
One exception which permits disclosure without consent is disclosure to school officials with legitimate educational interests. A school official is a person employed by the College in an administrative, 监督, 学术或研究, or support staff position (including law enforcement unit personnel and health staff); a person or company with whom the College has contracted (such as an attorney, 外包服务提供商, 审计师, or collection agent); a person serving on the Board of 受托人; or a student serving on an official committee, such as a disciplinary or grievance committee or assisting a school official in performing his or her tasks.
A College official has a legitimate educational interest if the official needs to review an education record in order to fulfill his or her professional responsibility.
UCNJ does make limited use of outsourced contractors and consultants for various administrative recordkeeping functions.
要求, the College will disclose education records without consent to officials of another school in which a student seeks or intends to enroll. NOTE: FERPA requires an institution to make a reasonable attempt to notify the student of the records request unless the institution states in its annual notification that it intends to forward records on request.
执法部门也有例外. Student consent or disclosure by the College are not required in the event the U.S. Attorney General or designee serves the College with an ex parte court order collecting education records relevant to an investigation or prosecution.
Another important exception concerns the concept of “Directory Information”. Information specified as “Directory Information” can be released without the consent of the student unless the student specifically requests that such information be withheld (also known as “opting out”). A student may opt out of directory information disclosure by submitting a written request to the Registrar specifying which directory information the student wishes not be disclosed. Such a request must come from the student and only applies to what is otherwise non-confidential directory information. Such a request is not necessary for personally identifiable information already protected as confidential under FERPA.
目录信息定义为:name, address, 电话清单, 出生日期, 教育程度, 学术专业, 度了, 以及最近入学的教育机构. 请注意，加州大学新泽西分校不发布学生目录.
4) 向美国政府提出申诉的权利.S. 教育部 concerning alleged failures by UCNJ to comply with the requirements of the FERPA act. FERPA行政办公室的名称和地址为:
家庭政策遵从处
U.S. 教育部
马里兰大道400号，西南
华盛顿特区.C. 20202-8520
This document is not intended as an exhaustive representation of FERPA, 也没有解释学生在FERPA下享有的所有权利. 更多FERPA资料可浏览以下网址:
http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html
保护学生的隐私, most information about a student cannot be given over the phone due to the difficulty in establishing identity.