Data Sharing | Protecting Student Privacy

Best Practices

Letters

Rescinded: August 2020 - Joint FERPA Letter with ED HHS regarding Uninterrupted Scholars Act

Rescinded: August 2020

This letter written to Chief State School Officers and State Child Welfare Directors between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Education describes the Uninterrupted Scholars Act and its impact on data sharing between education and health and human service agencies.

Guidance

Recorded Webinars

Data Sharing under FERPA Regulations - January 2012

This webinar, intended for State Educational Agencies, was designed to address FERPA’s 2012 regulatory changes and how agencies can remain complaint with FERPA while sharing data to further the utility and usefulness of State Longitudinal Data Systems.

Guidance

Letters

Letter to Baum Directory Information License Plates-July 2002

Letter regarding the definition of directory information and disclosures to law enforcement.

Guidance

Letters

Technical assistance to Wyoming Community College Commission re: Disclosures to the WCCC and by the WCCC

Letter of technical assistance to the Wyoming Community College Commission regarding the requested review of a data-sharing agreement with seven Wyoming community colleges.

Guidance

Letters

Technical Assistance letter to Utah Office of the Attorney General re: disclosure to auditor

Letter to the Utah Office of the Attorney General in response to a request for technical assistance regarding a request from the Utah State Auditor for information from the education records of Utah postsecondary students.

Guidance

Letters

Letter from LeRoy S. Rooker, Director-Family Policy Compliance Office re: applicability of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) to the reporting requirements of the Hope Scholarship Credit and the Lifetime Learning Credit

Letter in response to a request for opinion from the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service regarding the applicability of FERPA to the reporting requirements of the Hope Scholarship Credit and the Lifetime Learning Credit.

Letters

Letter of technical assistance to Yale University

Letter responding to Yale University question of whether the University could disclose a former student's education records to the State's attorney to assist in the investigation and prosecution of the student.

Guidance

Letters

Letter of technical assistance to the National Student Clearinghouse

Letter responding to the National Student Clearinghouse inquiry on whether release of personally identifiable information from student education records to a proposed student loan "Clearinghouse" would violate FERPA.

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