Letter to Parent Regarding Applicability of FERPA to Private Schools - October 2002

Last Updated: October 2002

Letter to a parent explaining that FERPA applies to educational agencies and institutions that receive federal funds from programs administered by the U.S. Department of Education and that FERPA does not apply to private schools at the elementary and secondary levels because they do not generally receive such funds.

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