Resources

This section houses all guidance documents, training materials, policy letters and other resources dedicated to protecting student privacy. To narrow the list of documents below, use the drop down menus to select the type of resource, the topic and/or the audience and click the ‘apply’ button. An updated list of resources will then be displayed below.

Letters

Letter to Senator Sanders (VT) Regarding FERPA Complaint Process - September 2007

Letter addressing questions from a constituent about the FERPA complaint process and explaining that the Office of Administrative Law Judges serves as the review board under the enforcement provisions of FERPA only after a determination has been made to withhold funds or take other enforcement actions against an educational agency or institution.

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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. It notes that FERPA does not permit a provider to disclose students' Personally Identifiable Information third parties, without the written consent of the student's parent.

Guidance

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Letter re: Applicability of FERPA to Virginia Sex Offender Registry Law Requiring Disclosure of Applicant Information by Postsecondary Institutions

Letter in response for guidance request on the applicability of FERPA to the Commonwealth of Virginia's recently enacted sex offender reporting statute and FERPA's directory information provision.

Letters

Letter to School District re: SES Providers Contacting Parents

Guidance

Letters

Letter to Iowa School District Regarding Schools Closed Prior to FERPA-January 2007

Letter regarding the applicability of FERPA to student education records in schools that were closed before FERPA's enactment.

Guidance

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Letter to Minnesota Department of Children, Families, and Learning Regarding CAPTA - November 2006

Letter regarding the applicability of FERPA to Minnesota's alleged child abuse reporting and investigation laws pursuant to the Federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA),

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Letter to Texas AG: Disclosure of Education Records

Letter in response to a Texas school district, providing guidance on releasing a student's unredacted school record to the state's Office of the Attorney General in a matter unrelated to FERPA's permissible disclosures.

Letters

Letter to University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ-July 2006

Letter explaining that FERPA permits two institutions to share information pertaining to a student's completion of joint degree requirements, without consent, if the student is enrolled in both institutions or is enrolled in one institution and receives services from another.