Letter to D.C. Assistant Attorney General Regarding IDEA Part C and FERPA-December 2012

Last Updated: December 2012

Letter clarifying that the term "early intervention record" under Part C of IDEA is equivalent to the term "education record" in FERPA for the purposes of the HIPAA Privacy Rule which exempts "education records" from its coverage.

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