By Audience: K-12 School Officials

Letter explaining that Tribal Education Departments (TDE) are not considered a State or local education authority and that an educational agency or institution may not disclose personally identifiable information from student education records to TEDs without the prior written consent of the students' parents.

Letter to Strayer University to regarding the findings from the investigation of a student's FERPA violation complaint.

Letter explaining that, while a school may disclose PII from education records under the health or safety emergency exception if it has determined, on a case-by-case basis, that a specific situation presents imminent danger or threat to students or other members of the community, FERPA does not permit the routine disclosure of immunization records to State health departments, without parental consent.

Letter to University of New Mexico responding to concern of a potential conflict between the FERPA and State mandatory reporting requirements laws.