By Audience: Early Childhood Educators

The resources on this page are intended for staff and educators of Early Childhood programs or institutions. Resources found here address the unique challenge of applying FERPA to the early childhood setting.

Recorded Webinars

Intersection of FERPA and IDEA Confidentiality Provisions - March 2012

This webinar discusses how the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) interacts with IDEA Part B Confidentiality provisions.

Guidance and Best Practices

Tech Brief #3: Statistical Methods for Protecting Personally Identifiable Information in Aggregate Reporting

This Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) Technical Brief examines what protecting student privacy means in a reporting context.

Letters

Letter to School District re: SES Providers Contacting Parents

Letter to a school district providing assurance that Approved Supplemental Educational Providers are not prohibited by FERPA from contacting parents and guardians of students served in SES programs in previous years.

Letters

Letter to Tazewell County (VA) School Board re: Unauthorized Access to Education Record Systems

Reponse to the Tazewell County, Virginia School Board regarding a plan for a shared computer network which would potentially allow electronic student educational records to be accessed by persons or entities not employed by the school system.

Letters

Letter re: conflict between Nevada law and FERPA

The letter to the Clark County School District regarding potential conflict between Nevada law regarding the release of certain education records to the Clark County Child Death Review Team.

Letters

Letter to University of North Alabama re: Disability Office Records

Letter in response to the University of North Alabama regarding the applicability of the FERPA to records maintained by its Office of Developmental Services.

Letters

Letter to parent re:disclosure of education records to outside legal counsel

Letter in response to a parent complaint alleging a School District violated the parent's FERPA rights.

Letters

Letter to AACRAO re: SEVIS and Disclosures to DHS/ICE

Letter to the American Association of Collegiate Registrars about the applicability of FERPA to disclosures to the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

Letters

Letter to Parent re: Disclosure of Education Records to Stepparents

Letter in response to a parent complaint, alleging a School District violated the parent's FERPA rights.

Letters

Letter to Parent re: Amendment of Special Education Records

Letter responding to a parent requesting guidance on provisions in FERPA that govern a parent's opportunity to seek amendment of the education records of a special education student.

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