Letters of Importance

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act or FERPA provides certain rights for parents regarding their children’s education records. This guide provides general information on a parent’s rights under FERPA. This version is the Spanish translation.

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act or FERPA provides certain rights for parents regarding their children’s education records. When a student reaches 18 years of age or attends an institution of postsecondary education at any age, the student becomes an “eligible student,” and all rights under FERPA transfer from the parent to the student. This guide provides general information on an eligible student’s rights under FERPA. This version is the Spanish translation.

La Ley de Derechos Educativos y Privacidad Familiar o FERPA proporciona ciertos derechos a los padres con respecto a los registros educativos de sus hijos. Cuando un estudiante cumple 18 años o asiste a una institución de educación postsecundaria a cualquier edad, el estudiante se convierte en un "estudiante elegible" y todos los derechos bajo FERPA se transfieren de los padres al estudiante. Esta guía proporciona información general sobre los derechos de un estudiante elegible según FERPA.

La Ley de Derechos Educativos y Privacidad Familiar o FERPA proporciona ciertos derechos a los padres con respecto a los registros educativos de sus hijos. Esta guía proporciona información general sobre los derechos de los padres según FERPA.

Este documento de orientación revisa los derechos de los padres según la PPRA y las obligaciones de los funcionarios de educación al implementar la PPRA. La PPRA se aplica a los programas y actividades de una agencia educativa estatal (SEA), una agencia educativa local (LEA) u otro beneficiario de fondos bajo cualquier programa financiado por el Departamento de Educación de EE.UU. (20 U.S.C. § 1232h, 34 CFR Parte 98).

This one-page document provides a brief overview of parents’ and eligible students’ rights under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), with a particular focus on student health records.

This guidance document provides school officials with general information about the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), with a particular focus on student health records maintained by educational agencies and institutions and by third parties acting on their behalf.

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act or FERPA provides certain rights for parents regarding their children’s education records. When a student reaches 18 years of age or attends an institution of postsecondary education at any age, the student becomes an “eligible student,” and all rights under FERPA transfer from the parent to the student. This guide provides general information on an eligible student’s rights under FERPA.

The Student Privacy Policy Office (SPPO) at the U.S. Department of Education (Department) performed a four-year review of a nationally representative sample of the websites of 1,504 local education agencies (LEAs) to identify whether and how these websites include information about student privacy.